Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ladbrokes had quoted Jenny Pitman 's gelding , who has been off the course for over two and a half years , at 33-1 but have now scratched him from their list . |
| 2 | ‘ It would be marvellous if The Committee were to win the National , ’ Scott said , ‘ for the two owners have been immensely patient and have let me get on with bringing the horse back to his best after he had been off the course for two and a half years . ’ |
| 3 | Chatam had not been seen in public since finishing fourth to Sibton Abbey in the Hennessy at Newbury in November , and Pipe said yesterday : ‘ It was a fine run considering he had been off the course for so long and he goes for the Gold Cup with every chance . |
| 4 | Glaisdale almost certainly needed that outing for he had been off the course for more than three months . |
| 5 | The fourth stage was planned to take place in late March and will show what our position is after we have been off the air for some time . |
| 6 | He says that he is clean now ; Issy and him have been off the stuff for five whole days . |
| 7 | The Schimmel sale was a perfect opening for the nervous novice , as the works were fresh , having been off the market for decades , familiar from exhibitions and publications , and generally trouble-free . |
| 8 | They are as worried as we are about the implications for the people of this country . |
| 9 | They are very , very , very quick indeed and very , very efficient , and this is why , since the War London has been the centre of the recording industry , simply because it 's been worth the while for Americans in recording companies , for example , to record in London rather than anywhere else because we are so efficient . |
| 10 | Pool on the Add with a monster trout in it ; been after the swine for months . |
| 11 | Some women are worried that once they are past the age for having children , they will stop enjoying sex . |
| 12 | It has been shown in man that gastrin-17 augments pancreatic enzyme secretion at doses that are below the maximum for gastric acid secretion . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're off the road for six weeks or so , until the tour starts at the end of October . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're with the Food for Work programme , ’ explains Soliz . |
| 15 | Yes I know , but we 're not er we wo n't fiddle about with them until we get well on to the way because if we do that now we got ta take the welder up , you 've only got ta cut them off again because they 're in the way for the rest of the bloody coaches . |
| 16 | You 're in the mood for a long spell at the crease , but the penis decides that it ca n't wait to get the game over and done with before heading back to the pavilion to put its feet up on the couch . |
| 17 | So if you 're in the market for some new doors , here are some of the things you need to know . |
| 18 | If you 're in the market for the product of Citroen 's '70s Maserati connection , you will already know more about the model than I can tell you here . |
| 19 | Er but no , er Robin and the local dramatic club was er very , very good , you 're in the market for money , putting on things in the chapel , or in the Co-op hall , at . |
| 20 | Frankly I do n't reckon we 're in the market for itinerant frog nutters . |
| 21 | If you 're in the market for a second hand car , perhaps this is for you . |
| 22 | You want those cos they 're thirty seven quid are n't they and they 're in the sale for seventeen quid at the moment . |
| 23 | ‘ Is beauty what we 're in the game for ? ’ |
| 24 | and er , he 's been on the dole admittedly he did go on the dole If you 're on the dole for part of the year , your own salary is do they add your dole money to the salary , charge you tax on that , |
| 25 | So , if you 're on the lookout for a nice little earner , dust off the cobwebs and take your painting along to the professionals . |
| 26 | We certainly , if you look at the breakdown of our sales er , we only sell about a hundred and fifty er , million pounds worth er , of goods and services in Asia , Pacific erm , we would certainly like to make acquisitions in that area just as we did in North America er , in the seventies and eighties and we have now small Pearson er , office , for instance in Tokyo , it 's quite slow , erm , er , in that area but certainly we 're on the lookout for acquisitions in , in Asia , Pacific . |
| 27 | And you 're on the phone for ages and ages talking about A B and C , and all a sudden you think I can smell something burning . |
| 28 | They 're on the stage for singing . |
| 29 | They 're on the ground for a week or two where they ca n't quite fly and they 're being weaned off their parents |
| 30 | I had n't been near the place for four years . |