Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I recko , I reckon they must of been paid for that because Maury has n't been phoning up and saying oh you have n't paid it ! |
| 2 | We did have hopes of being re-equipped for this Tripoli show , ’ — by coincidence he was writing on the very day Tripoli fell — ‘ but they did n't materialise , so we shall have to seek the bubble reputation elsewhere . |
| 3 | Revealing that they had cystic fibrosis at job interviews reduced likelihood of being employed for those with mild to moderate disease . |
| 4 | Counsel conjured up for us the picture of the accused person , after a gruelling day in court , returning to the cells to be met with the sight of an official of the Serious Fraud Office , armed with a further batch of questions , which he would be forced to answer on pain of being prosecuted for another offence . |
| 5 | These ‘ cairns ’ , as they are called , can reach enormous proportions , those on the tops of hills being capable in some instances of being seen for many miles . |
| 6 | The design we are going to talk about is a DIY design in that , apart from a 555 timer and 4001 NOR gate chip , discretes are used to carry out the various circuit operations and the system is capable of being modified for those who like a starting point and then like to experiment . |
| 7 | Peter Grimes is so famous it runs the risk of being taken for some sort of operatic norm . |
| 8 | Some parents even said they had been aware of being watched for some considerable time . |
| 9 | Polar plants must be capable of being frozen for several months each year , and to undergo repeated freeze-thaw cycles throughout the growing season , even at the height of summer . |
| 10 | Perhaps no one would deny this ; but as each generation of students arrives more defiantly or hopelessly monoglot , as a whole new discipline ( called ‘ Comparative Literature ’ ) has come into being to cater for those exceptional persons who can read more languages than one , the need for a classroom manual to redress this state of affairs becomes ever more urgent . |
| 11 | I wanted to save you from being damned for all eternity . ’ |
| 12 | There are improvements that can be made but that 's to be said for all animal husbandry systems , from pets , to guide dogs for the blind , and every other every other type of system . |
| 13 | Such occasions will inevitably involve grief and the shedding of tears , but there is much to be said for that . |
| 14 | Hadlee reflected for a moment : ‘ I suppose there 's something to be said for that . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's something to be said for that , ’ said Zeinab , with a sidelong glance at Owen . |
| 16 | There is much to be said for such a theory . |
| 17 | There is something to be said for such a view . |
| 18 | Considering the fears of Jacobite invasion there was something to be said for such a policy but it was not popular , especially in London , which had become the centre of support for Pitt and the war . |
| 19 | There is much to be said for such increased participatory rights . |
| 20 | There is , it must be said , a lot to be said for this robust view . |
| 21 | There is much to be said for this explanation . |
| 22 | It may be that there is something to be said for this composite view . |
| 23 | Some people like to plan their trips in meticulous detail , but there 's a lot to be said for this ‘ open-book ’ approach . |
| 24 | He appeared to be searching for some key document . |
| 25 | To be recognized for some achievement in life lifted Dad immensely ; before Eva he had begun to see himself as a failure and his life as a dismal thing . |
| 26 | You need to be prepared for that . |
| 27 | Thus if learners are aiming to communicate naturally , they need to be prepared for this by being involved in natural communicative language use in the classroom . |
| 28 | And he tells how the SAS photograph the layout of every room in royal residences to be prepared for any kidnap or siege drama . |
| 29 | ‘ If it 's any comfort , I 've never known all the beds to be full , but we have to be prepared for any eventuality . |
| 30 | This involved looking up the ailments common to exotic animals in order to be prepared for any searching questions by the proprietor . |