Example sentences of "[be] [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 2 | The lights are on for twelve hours a day , and filtration is by two Fluval 4s . |
| 3 | Lighting is by a 20W Triton and a 20W Gro-lux and these are on for ten hours a day . |
| 4 | She knew intuitively Babylon had been only for one night . |
| 5 | Until recently , CHP systems — combined heat and power , also called co-generation — have been only for large hotels and have meant high capital outlays . |
| 6 | looks nice , no burnt or anything , and I says ee it 's lovely is it , I said alright , would been down for this morning like and I says ooh come on then do n't bother when you get home starting making anything I says just say , let's ask for steak pies , so I says er can we have er two steak and kidney pies please ? , she said I 'm sorry we do n't , there is n't any kidney an all , I 'm glad there is n't I did n't want , well I 'd of eaten 'em like but I 'd rather have them without |
| 7 | Wiping them might have been enough for most people — but not for somebody who was trying to do card tricks . ’ |
| 8 | The couple are together for 90 minutes on a visit to a Nottingham hospital . |
| 9 | Dr Ramey also explains that when couples are together for some time their hormone levels often begin to co-ordinate in the same way , so regular sex — say on Saturday nights — mean you tune into each other 's hormone levels . |
| 10 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |
| 11 | Myra Hindley has been in prison for my whole life : I 'm twenty-two now and she 's been in for twenty-two years . |
| 12 | Where payments are only for investigatory fees incurred by General Accident |
| 13 | He went home with a couple who had been together for twelve years , not because he wanted to know what it would be like to be made love to by two men at once , but rather to see how these particular two men lived as a couple ; specifically , what they did together in the morning before going to work . |
| 14 | ‘ Friday nights because we have n't been together for four nights , Sundays because we know there are another four ahead of us , and … why Saturdays ? ’ |
| 15 | We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together . |
| 16 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 17 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 18 | Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say . |
| 19 | And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Sinead had a hard time at school because she was a newcomer in a class which had been together for two years , and some of her fellow pupils knew her recent history . |
| 21 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 22 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 23 | Fiona & Paul had been together for six years before deciding to tie the knot . |
| 24 | Despite their 20-year age gap , the couple have now been together for eight years and run a pub in Amersham , Bucks . |
| 25 | Having been together for ten years , disbanding twice and then leaving prolific label 4AD , ME went to America to chance it lucky . |
| 26 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 27 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 28 | We 've been together for 23 years . |
| 29 | We have n't been together for three months . |
| 30 | it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out |