Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [be] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 2 | He said that the departure from Kabrit was a delightfully vague affair with nobody really having any clear idea of how long they were going to be away for , and not giving two hoots anyway . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm only going to be away for forty-eight hours … ’ |
| 4 | But do n't you know whether a solicitor 's going to be here for the committal proceedings today ? |
| 5 | We 're going to be here for the rest of our lives . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to be here for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 7 | Then she added , ‘ Well , I 'm only going to be here for three weeks . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's great to know that the Manor House is always going to be here for you and your children , is n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | Well I thought , she 's coming down with Martin and Uncle Marvin and all that , and she 's going to be here for dinner , now she is n't ! |
| 10 | Oh you 're not going to be here for this joke so I , I said oh got ta let him down . |
| 11 | Nursing staff on some of those areas that we would pick out — those would be the intensive care units , the children 's units , the delivery suites and special care baby units — the nursing staff actually have control of permits which they can issue to relatives who are going to be here for a great length of time , and if they so feel that these relatives should n't be charged , they give them a permit and they park in a staff area at no charge whatsoever . |
| 12 | But I suggest you attempt to overcome your own immature outlook on life long enough to consider what 's going to be best for the club . |
| 13 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 14 | But perhaps the greatest satisfaction is the knowledge that you have created something of the beauty that is going to be there for many years . |
| 15 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 16 | and he probably would n't mind that you were only going to be there for a year or two you know he 's getting |
| 17 | Well he 's not going to be there for ever . |
| 18 | I doubt you 're going to be there for three days though . |
| 19 | President Gorbachev then left , as the boos and hisses reached the Podium , but in fact it is n't absolutely clear that he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration , or if he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration or if he really was only going to be there for about 20 minutes . |
| 20 | ‘ An affair with you is never going to be enough for me . ’ |
| 21 | Airdrie and Falkirk clashed in the First Division 's match of the day last Saturday , the home side going ahead through a scrambled goal by Andy Smith in the twenty sixth minute , and it looked like that was going to be enough for two points . |
| 22 | Airdrie and Falkirk clashed in the First Division 's match of the day last Saturday , the home side going ahead through a scrambled goal by Andy Smith in the twenty sixth minute , and it looked like that was going to be enough for two points . |
| 23 | We 're going to be together for three whole years . ’ |
| 24 | I did have a chin tuck , and the lady who worked on the book with me said , ‘ Now , Elizabeth , you know we 're going to be together for months and we have to be absolutely honest with each other . |
| 25 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 26 | Obvious examples are travelling or living abroad , the husband having to be away for long periods , having to relocate , changing children 's schools at an awkward stage in their career , having to do a lot of company entertaining . |
| 27 | And if Stavanger had left intending to be away for months he had taken remarkably little with him in the way of clothes . |
| 28 | I mean in a way I think it 's probably the best thing that 's happened to me for a while cos I could see myself see the thing is I can I was n't ever planning to be here for even six months . |
| 29 | It 's really if you 're sort of gon na be away for a couple of weeks . |
| 30 | The only thing that we do , and we 've always done it without Neighbourhood Watch , we always make a point of telling one another when we 're gon na be away for any period of time . |