Example sentences of "[vb base] be for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They know the truth : that life with an aged parent can be a strange mixture of joy and sorrow , and all they ask is for that fact to be accepted , not glossed over by their family and society , and then to be offered some practical ideas on how to make the best of a good job , which they consider to be well worth doing . |
| 2 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
| 3 | The Faroe Islands are self-governing , but have been for many years a colony of Denmark , and still rely on the government of the old mother country for international representation . |
| 4 | Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease . |
| 5 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 6 | Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done . |
| 7 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 8 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 9 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |
| 10 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 11 | ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time . |
| 12 | Well , we have been for some time . |
| 13 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 14 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 15 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 16 | Yes my children do go to school oh I was going to say , have been for some months now . |
| 17 | To live in a beautiful country , and to enure myself as much as possible to the labour of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my sigh at midnight . |
| 18 | To live in a beautiful country & to inure myself as much as possible to the labors of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my Sigh at midnight — but to enjoy these blessings near you , to see you daily , to tell you all my thoughts in their first birth , and to hear your 's , to be mingling identities with you , as it were ; — the vision-weaving Fancy has indeed often pictured such things , but Hope never dared whisper a promise ! ’ |
| 19 | I have was for many years the national chairman of the Association of Independent Businesses . |