Example sentences of "[v-ing] to be [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the first morning of rehearsal he began yawning and looking at his watch , wanting to be off for a drink . |
| 2 | Hooker Phil Kearns , at only 24 , is undoubtedly going to be around for many years to come and successfully led the Australian under-21 team to victory over New Zealand under 21 's four years ago . |
| 3 | With the commitment the application and operating system developers are showing , DOS is going to be around for some time yet . |
| 4 | ‘ You may as well accept that he 's going to be around for a while — until he finally accepts that the club 's not for sale . |
| 5 | So far as I can see , unless there are fundamental changes in the British economy , the recession ai n't going to be over for a considerable time because the economy is in such a state . |
| 6 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm only going to be away for forty-eight hours … ’ |
| 9 | But do n't you know whether a solicitor 's going to be here for the committal proceedings today ? |
| 10 | We 're going to be here for the rest of our lives . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm going to be here for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 12 | Then she added , ‘ Well , I 'm only going to be here for three weeks . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's great to know that the Manor House is always going to be here for you and your children , is n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | Oh you 're not going to be here for this joke so I , I said oh got ta let him down . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Yeah and I suppose it 's always going to be up for sort of negotiation , I mean I |
| 19 | ‘ Looks like we 're going to be in for some pretty flamboyant fielding from the West Indies ’ |
| 20 | When I spoke to Weir , now a sprightly 83 , he still remembered what he was going to be in for when he set sail for a country which had legendary names like Hobbs , Sutcliffe , Woolley , Hendren and many others floating around the various counties . |
| 21 | After the first couple of minutes I thought we were going to be in for a really entertaining game . |
| 22 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | Well he 's not going to be there for ever . |
| 27 | I doubt you 're going to be there for three days though . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ An affair with you is never going to be enough for me . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |