Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] be [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | A long-serving member of the Cabinet , he had been appointed to President Robert Mugabe 's first independence government as Minister of Transport and Power in March 1980 , and was also a member of the ruling party 's political bureau , where he was Secretary for Youth . |
2 | Guests included a large gathering of colleagues , both present and past , and representative of Jim 's earlier days in the Chief Accountant 's , Securities and Ledger Department , and Drumsheugh Branch , where he was Manager for four years . |
3 | Everything is prepared very carefully ; food that wo n't spoil or collapse is made first and other dishes of a more fragile nature are left to the last moment so they are picture for the picture . |
4 | Two years later they bought another one , this time a brown standard poodle so they were company for each other . |
5 | Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves . |
6 | Although it was policy for all children to be welcome in council provision , in reality this was highly variable . |
7 | The student sons and daughters of the curators wear such items on their feet and talk about Madonna and Terminator , so it 's time for a rethink . |
8 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
9 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
10 | Advertising members of the family as if they were houses for sale |
11 | And when you 've done that go home and stay there until it 's time for the evening performance . ’ |
12 | After breakfast , we go back to our rooms and get locked up until it 's time for dinner . |
13 | Dressings generally should be left undisturbed until it is time for suture removal unless : |
14 | The welts , the abrasions and the black eyes get starker , more livid , until it is time for the women to return , in an ecstasy of distress , to the men who will suddenly heal them . |
15 | ‘ We were very happy together until it was time for the operation . ’ |
16 | We avoided each other all evening until it was time for the Open University programmes . |
17 | Then she went out and joined the others in the playground until it was time for the lesson to begin . |
18 | There he was provisioned with every known variety of soft drink , and kept virtually incommunicado until it was time for him to travel to Broadcasting House . |
19 | ‘ We summoned the sorcerers , and we sat long nights in Council , for we knew that we dare not wait until it was time for the Ritual of the Beastline to take place ; we had to know long before that if the birth of twins into the Royal House had truly damaged the Enchantment . |
20 | He ate a large tea and Marjorie played snap with him until it was time for bed . |
21 | ‘ Of course , ’ Fabia replied , and from then until it was time for her to drive Cara to the airport she listened intently to all her sister had to impart . |
22 | And they used to keep them there until it was time for people to go out and then they 'd run them back up to Brid . |
23 | If it 's TV for kids then |
24 | If it 's TV for men |
25 | He replied , ‘ sometimes , yeah , if it 's fish for dinner ’ . |
26 | Well it all depends if it 's value for money because we er , we fe we felt that it 's only one day . |
27 | I shivered and wondered if it was time for old Shallot to disappear or go ill with ague , but I remembered my promise . |
28 | I really thought that I would have asked Chris if he is pay for his erm Society here in . |
29 | ‘ It would be naive and stupid to think we have a walkover just because we are favourites for the First Division title . |
30 | If Scott had been selected because he was second for both the War Office and the Foreign Office , now that the War Office is no longer required , then surely his claim is now reduced . |