Example sentences of "be for [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think members will probably by now , be aware that a decision has been taken to leave the offices in Bedford Square where we have been for so many years . |
| 2 | From the mid-'50s , where we 've been for quite some time , we 're suddenly into the '60s , 1961 in fact , and a finger-picked instrumental written by Chet Atkins , entitled Trambone . |
| 3 | But normally , but er the , they are for just that sort of product . |
| 4 | You 'd done the hard part correctly , calculating what the weight would be for so many engines . |
| 5 | ‘ A ’ were with dressable wounds for the medical wards , ‘ B ’ were for the theatre , as they had wounds needing operative treatment , ‘ C ’ were for as much morphia as we could give them for a quiet inevitable death , ‘ D ’ were corpses . |
| 6 | It is for just such situations that the army plans and trains , and many years of trial and error have resulted in a hierarchy in which the number of subordinates at most levels is between 3 and 6 . |
| 7 | It was for just such occasions that Martha kept her best china locked securely in the glass cabinet and saved to get the front room furnished ‘ fit for visitors ’ . |
| 8 | It was for just such occasions that fish and chips were invented . ’ |
| 9 | If my aunts ' upbringing had prepared me for anything , it was for just this sort of agitation . |
| 10 | It was for precisely this reason that Russia , which had far more than any other State to fear from strong government and an active foreign policy in Sweden , did everything in its power to uphold that constitution ( see p. 266 ) . |
| 11 | The final curtain as it was for so many cinemas at this time , before they became cash and carry warehouses for bowls and colanders , brushes , clothes pegs , cloths and uncountable tons of things being produced in orange plastic . |
| 12 | ‘ Because I was for so many years a one man operation , ’ he says , ‘ I was always right at the centre of things . |