Example sentences of "be [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 2 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 3 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 4 | She 's act she er they 've been down for a for a flying visit , I think , th they like to fly and fly back because it gets th the fre used to the freedom . |
| 5 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 6 | Two to three tablespoons of tinned tomatoes are enough for a sauce made from 2 lb. of the fresh fruit or for 3 pints of stock . |
| 7 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 8 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 9 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 10 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 11 | But the they give it you at the end of the quarter , even if you have n't been in for a quarter . |
| 12 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 13 | er just one after thought , Dennis mentioned teamwork , now we we 've been together for a few years basically , but you might say , we work as a team , everyone gets on , everyone helps each other out . |
| 14 | Operating as Shadowfax Restaurants , the partnership has been together for a number of years , and currently has two Pizza Express outlets in Barnet and Finchley , and part ownership of a pizza restaurant in the West End of London . |
| 15 | After all , they had been together for a couple of years and she did idolise him . |
| 16 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 17 | She had been inside for a day . |
| 18 | HAYDN-LOVERS are in for a good time this autumn : coming up are the Haydn at Esterhaza concerts at the Wigmore Hall ( part of the Magyarok Britain Salutes Hungary Festival ) ; already on display is the Haydn and England exhibition at the British Library ; and just started is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 's QEH Haydn series concentrating on his late choral works . |
| 19 | If he is back to his best , Haydock racegoers are in for a thrilling contest , but I prefer to wait until Playschool has shown his old sparkle before backing him . |
| 20 | If he is back to his best , Haydock racegoers are in for a thrilling contest , but I prefer to wait until Playschool has shown his old sparkle before backing him . |
| 21 | WEDDING CAKES AND CULTURAL HISTORY by Simon R. Charsley Routledge , £30 ; £9.99 THOSE of you who could not put down Rites of Marrying : the Wedding Industry in Scotland are in for a treat : now you can have your cake . |
| 22 | Sun lovers are in for a treat , too . |
| 23 | If you can swallow the unlikely nature of the killer 's powers , then you are in for a good rough ride down a murky road . |
| 24 | Thus we are in for a prolonged battle to win over public opinion . |
| 25 | Now Amiga owners are in for a treat with Mindscape 's home computer version of the Nintendo toads . |
| 26 | WHILE SNES players are in for a treat with Super Mario Kart , sadly the same can not be said for NES owners , with their Christmas Mario offering , Mario and Yoshi — a game which takes the form of a puzzle startlingly similar to the classic Tetris . |
| 27 | Habitues of the Institute 's old restaurant are in for a big surprise . |
| 28 | We are in for a tough time . ’ |
| 29 | But fans of his macho Dylan in Beverly Hills , are in for a surprise . |
| 30 | Anyone believing that the personal computer price wars have abated are in for a rude shock this week when Compaq Computer Corp brings out a plethora of new machines , including its first stab at a multimedia model , and cuts prices significantly on its existing products . |