Example sentences of "be for a [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 what your look , same with your letter forage , I think mostly we were taught letter formation , which we have n't been for a few years now
2 Has n't been for a few years .
3 Fosdyke was all alone , had been for a few days since I had dinner with him in fact . ’
4 Things will seem far worse than they actually are for a few days — but once the drama dies down you 'll see you 're in a fine position after all .
5 If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight .
6 It would only be for a few days , of course .
7 To the people from the people who 've gone home ob we hope this 'll only be for a few days and some have gone er to other homes just for the time being .
8 But in their Spitalfields Tartan Collection , the Stewarts have done the work for you ; silks , cottons , wools all match up so that it is possible to choose as much or as little tartan as you like , whether it 's for a few cushions or for some big and bold project .
9 The bird 's flapping became as frantic as a wind-up toy 's for a few seconds , but this quickly petered out and its body became limp .
10 Yeah we 're going to stay with his mums 's for a few days sh sh
11 Smith himself was for a few years a tutor at Christ Church , but in 1795 he resigned his studentship to become incumbent of Daventry ( a Christ Church living ) , returning to Christ Church as a canon in 1807 .
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