Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [be] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Which is what I shall be doing for the next three months .
2 The decision of whether I will be meat for crocodiles is up to Banda himself , ’ he told the BBC before his flight .
3 I will be ambassador for Iran here . "
4 ‘ In South Africa I would not be able to set up a company like I will be doing for Cummins in Russia .
5 But is there anything I can be doing for you , my heart ?
6 What may suit you would be folly for him .
7 ‘ I 'd only met her once before that evening , but I feel we 'll be friends for life . ’
8 Unless otherwise agreed , the findings of the expert(s) are not binding on the parties : they may be recommendations for the future performance of the contract .
9 Nonetheless , both types of abortion are pregnancy wastage , and their frequency in these data is further confirmation of the need for measures to enable young , zero-parity women and older ones with many children to avoid undesirable pregnancy outcomes , among other unwanted effects , and they should be targets for assistance in postponing or terminating childbearing , as appropriate .
10 He gave the Bookman a big hug and hoped they would be friends for a long , long time .
11 She would lift a corner of curtain up now and again , imagine she had a blaster with sights attachment , and use her would be playmates for target practice as they leapfrogged and hopscotched around the courtyard below .
12 Safety/environment : Ensure that our good record on safety improvement is sustained ; set environmental targets , record progress and prepare an external communications programme to tell people what we are doing ; give employees the facts first so they can be ambassadors for the company .
13 It may be information or it may be components for incorporation in the contractor 's activities .
14 It may be time for oilmen to cheer up .
15 If the housing market is some kind of barometer for the rest of the economy , it may be time for a mile sigh of relief .
16 In view of this , it should be perequisite for users to decide on the social/human and technical objectives before approaching the information centre .
17 It 's so sincere and done with such love that you know it must be agony for them and your one thought is , ‘ Oh God , how could I have hurt these people like that ? ’
18 Of course it must be agony for him to go shopping for me ( what does he do at the chemist 's ? ) , so I suppose he prefers to get it all over in one go .
19 It must be hell for you living with flesh that bubbles and erupts and goes a ghastly shade of taramasalata —
20 ‘ I 'm sorry about you and Garry ; it must be torture for you to lose him , but his wife and child must come first , ’ she said sympathetically .
21 When Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves become serious it must be time for action not talk .
22 No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now .
23 He 's in all the typical things a young man who 's too quick does , that 's fly off the road all the time , but that 's part of the normal learning curve , and I think that he 'll be trouble for every team that does n't have him in their actual car at the time .
24 There was a feeling in the air that it might be time for a change .
25 Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’
26 But if I felt it might be time for a change I would have to think about that as well . ’
27 It 'll be company for 'im . ’
28 ‘ I thought it would give you something to do , now that you 've had to give up that idea of working full-time , and with Hugh away in , well , wherever it is , it 'll be company for you . ’
29 " It 'll be work for somebody , anyway .
30 Oh , it 'll be purgatory for me at least , I 'm sure .
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