Example sentences of "[verb] to be [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 2 | But Robson is expected to be back for next Saturday 's visit to fourth-placed Chelsea . |
| 3 | There was little time for dalliance when we came out from Sunday School as I was expected to be home for tea at half-past four . |
| 4 | Lawrence moved for Horne yesterday because his No.1 Steve Pears is expected to be out for a month with a back injury . |
| 5 | I expect to be there for 2 years . |
| 6 | The burnt-out remains of the mill are still in the process of being demolished and fire crews expect to be there for at least another day . |
| 7 | To paraphrase an old saying , the water has to be there for the horse to be able to drink . |
| 8 | In that case , we want to be around for the big money in the fourth , fifth and sixth records . |
| 9 | But once the kids arrive , then everything changes — now I know I want to be around for a very long time . ’ |
| 10 | If you 're starting at two , want to be there for |
| 11 | When her father died , I tried to be there for her . |
| 12 | You receive a telephone call from the husband of a guest who happens to be out for a stroll . |
| 13 | At the first morning of rehearsal he began yawning and looking at his watch , wanting to be off for a drink . |
| 14 | In these two cases , the motivation for the institutional preference was quite different : one based on what was felt to be best for the sufferer , and the other largely on what was best for the carer . |
| 15 | I hope to be back for the first leg with Manchester United . |
| 16 | My dear , we have things to talk about and I do n't expect to be here for very much longer — would you prefer us to trail off to my hotel or some public place , or to your frankly not very inviting villa ? |
| 17 | Talks are said to be underway for a Tyson warm-up fight in Britain , plus the prospect of a £50 million showdown with WBC champion Lennox Lewis . |
| 18 | James 's victory gave him 35 points to Lauda 's 61 , his car was clearly among the best , he had matured greatly as a driver , he was on a good roll himself : the championship seemed to be there for his taking . |
| 19 | Erm but they seemed to be there for a specific purpose , but the normal day to day |
| 20 | I mean they , people er , the hairdresser 's for instance , they seemed to be there for evermore at the far end , towards I mean er , er , and then there was half way along on the other side and |
| 21 | Paradoxically , LP often fares better than SP under these conditions because the noise-bar interference on the picture tends to be less for LP . |
| 22 | Hooker Phil Kearns , at only 24 , is undoubtedly going to be around for many years to come and successfully led the Australian under-21 team to victory over New Zealand under 21 's four years ago . |
| 23 | With the commitment the application and operating system developers are showing , DOS is going to be around for some time yet . |
| 24 | ‘ You may as well accept that he 's going to be around for a while — until he finally accepts that the club 's not for sale . |
| 25 | So far as I can see , unless there are fundamental changes in the British economy , the recession ai n't going to be over for a considerable time because the economy is in such a state . |
| 26 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 27 | He said that the departure from Kabrit was a delightfully vague affair with nobody really having any clear idea of how long they were going to be away for , and not giving two hoots anyway . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm only going to be away for forty-eight hours … ’ |
| 29 | But do n't you know whether a solicitor 's going to be here for the committal proceedings today ? |
| 30 | We 're going to be here for the rest of our lives . |