Example sentences of "[v-ing] be [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I hope you appreciate I 'm burning the midnight oil to ring you tonight , ’ Lucy 's voice persisted from its far-off country , ‘ And all I 'm getting is monosyllables for my trouble !
2 Gore , who had made an impressive if unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 , was the product of a patrician southern family , his father having been Senator for Tennessee .
3 Having been exporters for decades , Japan 's car makers are at last becoming real multinationals , with factories all over the world .
4 However , the prison sentences on the 61 , originally imposed for " hooliganism " , offending good manners and upsetting public order , had merely been annulled in February 1990 ; they were now formally reclassified as having been convictions for the political offence of " propaganda against the socialist system " .
5 Colonel John Wilson has given the club immense service , having been President for the last 10 years immediately following 23 years as Match Secretary .
6 As Jennings ( 1982 , p. 67 ) has observed , most councillors are backbenchers , not policy-makers , and about the only vital service they see themselves doing is casework for their constituents .
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