Example sentences of "we 're [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since our meeting in May is the annual meeting , we 're pushed for time there . |
| 2 | She says we 're very pleased , we 're trained for this.We feel that it 's excellent that our expertise can be used in such a situation . |
| 3 | We 're done for ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If by any chance the police pull us in on suspicion they 've got ter 'ave an identification parade , an' if the old watchman recognises any of us we 're done for , unless 'e 's too frightened ter pick us out , an' 'e will be if 'e knows we 're capable o' smackin' 'im around a bit . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're done for . ’ |
| 6 | Well we 're done for next week . |
| 7 | However , now we 're spoilt for choice , it has become clear that Juice is neither the best nor the worst of the genre : less sentimental and powerful than Boyz N The Hood , and far superior to Straight Outta Brooklyn , Juice is still a fair way to spend an hour or two . |
| 8 | We 're spoilt for choice here especially when you 're supposed to be on a diet |
| 9 | We do n't do very good at reading and writing , but we 're made for physical things . ’ |
| 10 | We 're covered for it anyway . |
| 11 | Hedges believes that society today is more divided than ever , and that if things carry on as they are , ‘ We 're headed for the end . |
| 12 | And I think it would actually need , if it 's going to be taken on board , somebody appointed to look at this , or it be put in somebody 's job brief and I would have thought ideally that it would be placed with the community worker , and I do n't know quite how we 're placed for community workers in East Oxford , but maybe it 's something we could put to that department . |
| 13 | It 's difficult , because every mistake we make , we 're punished for . |
| 14 | Just when we 're strapped for cash , only a load of new clothes can save us from looking dowdy — you would n't be alone in thinking that the whole thing is nothing more than a brilliant wheeze dreamt up by the fashion industry whenever times get tough . |
| 15 | How we do it and the various other things we do are n't exactly what we 're paid for but they become part of the job . |
| 16 | We are elected by the public to do a job and we should n't be ashamed of the amount of money that we 're paid for it , and what I would say is , that no manifesto in May 's election said we were going to come here and vote for more money for members , nobody put on their leaflets , vote for me and I will raise members allowances by five percent in the coming year , I did n't and I wo n't support that , and you will argue , perhaps some of you that that 's not really what we 're doing , but it look 's like it , does n't it ? |
| 17 | ‘ We 're set for the end of the century , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't look much further than that , can you ? ’ |