Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 His section has been over for some time . ’
2 Oh you 're in for some fun .
3 An Injun' yelled ‘ White men … we 're in for some fightin' … they 're not having our bison to eat . ’
4 I can tell you you 're in for some trouble if you start that because I I is you you 're all in trouble if you want to start these smaller committees , we have looked at the committees and as I say we make no apology for the number of committees or the number that 's on 'em .
5 Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time .
6 The building was not built in ninety one , whether there 's any relevance or not , where they 're trying to prove that the building has been up for some time , they 'd say , it 's not , that building was put up this year .
7 So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it !
8 He 's been out for some time .
9 By 1916 it had become obvious that the war was not likely to be over for some time and the government round that it was necessary to introduce military conscription in place of voluntary conscription , in order to ensure replacement of the thousands of soldiers being killed and wounded on the battlefields .
10 So , I mean what I would suggest is er I do n't know is John anticipated to be off for some time do you think ?
11 This letter has taken me ages , i 'm off for some food .
12 ‘ Rourke is going to the Brooksby plant , and I 'll be out for some time , so I wondered if you could come over and help Becky out with the computer ?
13 With the commitment the application and operating system developers are showing , DOS is going to be around for some time yet .
14 I think that with John Maynard-Smith around — and I hope he 'll be around for some time yet in the University of Sussex , and I hope the University of Sussex will be too
15 One song reveals the damaging influence on their minds of their sojourn in London : ‘ Soccer Fan ’ is a peon of praise to Everton 's midfield cruncher , Norman Whiteside. l CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT Get Ahead ( Mercury ) You can tell that Curiosity Killed The Cat have n't been around for some time .
16 On the lighter side , the Cessna 195B has been around for some time , having been auctioned at Duxford in April 1990 and , although remaining in the UK since then , has only just been registered .
17 Axil 's existing compatibles are the $13,000 HWS-S210 which has been around for some time , the $17,000 HWS-S310 model 3.0 and the $23,500 HWS-S310 model 4.1 which are due next quarter .
18 Computer Users of Europe ( CUE ) , a user group that 's been around for some time on an informal basis , has gone official : it has drafted a constitution and has a steering committee working on making it formal .
19 These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction .
20 The shareware package Formgen has been around for some time now and is a proven system for designing forms .
21 The shareware package Formgen has been around for some time now and is a proven system for designing forms .
22 Repeat name and date at every opportunity ; the sort of people who live in the East End like to know you 've been around for some time .
23 I thought we were in for some stability .
24 Oh yeah , it 's getting quite cold , I reckon were in for some snow .
25 We decided to test a model that has been round for some time on the professional market , and is popular amongst tradesman working on side — the Makita 6012HDW Cordless Driver Drill .
26 I had a Festive Cichlid which jumped out of my tank and was out for some time .
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