Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he confirm that most of them are tourists , many of whom are travelling north for a last glimpse of a rare species on the point of extinction in Scotland — Scottish Tory Members ? |
| 2 | Neighbours and business people , many of whom are confronting disability for the first time , have yet to work out ways of behaving with respect towards them and ways of making links which are welcome and helpful . |
| 3 | I am taking responsibility for my life . |
| 4 | I am collecting material for an MSW dissertation on the role of the probation service in influencing factors affecting the sentencing of 16- and 17-year-olds in a youth court of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 . |
| 5 | I am slicing bread for tea when Jancey arrives . |
| 6 | I am raising money for him at the moment . |
| 7 | ‘ What would I be needing money for with a likely lad like Tom here to support me ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm still stiff and sore and I 'm receiving treatment for an injured shoulder ’ he said . |
| 9 | I 'm called Zach for short . ’ |
| 10 | I like to put the television on , as there 's usually a very good programme at twelve ten like there is supposedly Rainbow today , but there is n't , which I find very useful for my toddler while I 'm getting lunch for the baby , myself and her , so she can sit down for twenty minutes , there can be a few minutes peace , and there 's just you know it 's just not on . |
| 11 | When they rise to an equal level , like for instance if I have a choice between going to a woman doctor and a man doctor and they 're both on the GP list , I will choose the woman , because the woman has had to fight tooth and nail , probably , and work much harder , to get at an equal level with the man , so I would suspect that I 'm getting value for and quality there by going for the woman . |
| 12 | I 'm taking Fido for a nice walkie because it 's such a nice day . |
| 13 | And , while her hopes dropped down to basement level , ‘ Now , ’ he added , ‘ I 'm taking Azor for his walk . ’ |
| 14 | As it says I 'm John I 'm marketing director for Northern Europe with . |
| 15 | I 'M DOING IT FOR YOU MICHAEL |
| 16 | And I was eating steak for the second time in less than fifteen hours . |
| 17 | ‘ A little girl called Amy from Chester contacted me as I was providing cover for the whole of the North , ’ she says . |
| 18 | I only went once to visit the Greens and then I was collecting money for the Missionary Fund to which most people contributed a copper or two , with young Mrs Thwaites from the neighbouring farm to us , High Birk Hatt . |
| 19 | Sir , — This correspondence ( ‘ Call for fresh air , not tea … answered by the taxman ’ , p 7 ) reminds me of an occasion some years ago when I was playing hockey for Ilford against Old Loughtonians . |
| 20 | Pat Connolly was led away to incarceration and I was offered treatment for my facial injuries and an operation on my flattened nose . |
| 21 | Last night , we went round to Josh — I was making supper for the boys , and your father came with me . |
| 22 | I was doing veterinary for two years and I wrote away to companies but they just were n't all that keen to ge give girls a chance . |
| 23 | In the shadow of the chimneys which are bringing prosperity for some they eke out whatever living they can . |
| 24 | For example , a child who is sociable , and is likely to benefit from social and linguistic interactions with other children , may be best placed in an ordinary classroom but with special periods devoted to those areas of language which are giving cause for concern . |
| 25 | Its been wrotten weather for sport wrotten weather for just about anything this weekend … so let's give you some sunshine … we 're off to Brazil to Rio … for news of a Gloucester girl in the British Steel … |
| 26 | But these were some of the more welcome changes following the end of the Second World War , which were transforming life for people living in the countryside . |
| 27 | A rough rule-of-thumb was that landowners controlled the rural county councils and farmers the rural district councils ( which were given responsibility for housing ) . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , in Eritrea , to the north , a de facto ceasefire is holding between the government and the Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) , which is seeking independence for Eritrea . |
| 29 | This includes any local authority which is providing accommodation for a child at the time an application is made and anyone caring for the child when proceedings are commenced . |
| 30 | This old fish-drying plant has been revived to manufacture the drug , which is sent south for use in the trial . |