Example sentences of "be [verb] [noun] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE two winners of round-the-world holidays in our exclusive Courtauld News competition are finalising plans for their dream trips in February . |
| 2 | The nations are demanding compensation for their curbing of forest exploitation by cattle ranching and logging . |
| 3 | I could n't agree more with those who 've been praising Newsome for his performances over the Christmas games . |
| 4 | Everyone wants an original T-shirt , and they are walking advertisements for your band . |
| 5 | The creation of a good personal library is a habit to be encouraged ; now is an excellent time to begin , when you are purchasing books for your degree studies . |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Choak , how long have you been keeping house for your brother ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Unfortunately they 're demanding payment for their services . ’ |
| 8 | They think that if you 're buying things for your child — the computer , video and TV — you 're doing well by them , and they do n't need a cuddle . |
| 9 | But if you 're playing guitar for your own personal pleasure , which many of us do , then you want the guitar to talk to you — not to some non-existent person sitting fifteen feet away . |
| 10 | While Dostoevsky was interested in the noble Moor and the jealousy question , he will also have been pondering ghost-reasons for his own villain . |
| 11 | THE Yanks are going potty for our china , according to Portmeirion , which supplies posh shop Harrods . |
| 12 | Bateman said he had been billed £3,000 for his licence , but he pulled out before money changed hands . |
| 13 | Perhaps you are blaming others for your stuckness , instead of taking responsibility for your own life ? |
| 14 | Player-manager Frank Stapleton said : ‘ We will be seeking revenge for our home defeat . |
| 15 | And , while her hopes dropped down to basement level , ‘ Now , ’ he added , ‘ I 'm taking Azor for his walk . ’ |
| 16 | Emily covered her face with her hands , she should be making plans for her marriage right now , but he had failed her miserably , she no longer wanted anything to do with him , did she ? |
| 17 | Next , you 'll be making tracks for your hotel to prepare for whatever the evening brings . |
| 18 | If you are told that your employment is to end immediately , but that you will be paid salary for your notice period , that will fall within the former category . |
| 19 | Various producers will be arranging auditions for their own items in local areas , but members from any area can be considered for a dance style ‘ Charleston ’ produced by , or a humorous expansion on the ‘ Mrs Mopp ’ theme by — audition details from producers . |
| 20 | I am taking responsibility for my life . |
| 21 | Well , while airmen from RAF Lyneham are winning medals for their bravery bringing relief to Sarajevo , another detachment from the base are working tirelessly in Africa , to help the starving people of Somalia . |
| 22 | Laura 's parents , Fran and Les , are making arrangements for their four-year-old daughter to return home to Eccles , Greater Manchester , on Thursday . |
| 23 | ACROSS America , state governments are preparing budgets for their coming financial years . |
| 24 | Thus it is almost impossible to define the typical primary school , for although every school staff would maintain that ‘ they are preparing children for their tomorrow , , the approaches adopted to achieve this end are as varied and idiosyncratic as the teachers themselves . |
| 25 | Her daughter , Gemma , had been left money for her school dinners and an elderly neighbour took her in for several days before social workers took her into care last week . |
| 26 | The percentage who were considered saints for their complete rejection of worldly influence and a piety which often combined active charity with mystical prayer , increased dramatically . |
| 27 | The leaders were to receive wages for their men for six months , and for the rest of the year they were to pay the troops out of the ransoms they expected to take . |
| 28 | You thought that you had problems halvard … on the teletext yesterday it said that agencies in Ireland were selling tickets for their 3 games at a staggering 250 quid each ! ! |
| 29 | When Ian Thomson and the current editor of The Ley Hunter , Paul Devereux were doing fieldwork for their book The Ley Hunter 's Companion , they visited the crypt and found that the needle of their compass maintained a strange rhythmic ‘ jigging ’ motion . |
| 30 | Quite a lot of the students , I noticed , were taking orders for their exhibits during the evening . |