Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well before Cordoba made his debut over today 's course two months ago , his name was being whispered behind many a well-respected hand as the one to be on for next year 's 2000 Guineas . |
| 2 | As I said to her we 've got two shelves of hardbacks in the alcove because I do think they furnish a room as the man said , but I would n't be on for lending them out because you do n't know the condition they 'd come back in . |
| 3 | Now the hunt must be on for tryp-killing drug molecules which will actually penetrate into the choroid epithelium . |
| 4 | For the patterns in the basic pack and the pattern libraries , the left hand light on the 580 and the EC1 ( or the right hand on earlier models ) must be on for the effect to be what the designer intended . |
| 5 | He knew that I had always stopped and got off if there was anything else on the road — and that was back in wartime remember — so he said that with the sort of traffic that 's on the road now I would never be on for getting off ! |
| 6 | Yeah but just phone up and just be on for more , more than a minute , you know , would n't be so bad but you start hanging about . |
| 7 | I do n't think the monkeys will be on for much longer then , a few moments |
| 8 | Cook and Joan would not be down for another hour yet , so she made herself a cup of coffee on the gas stove . |
| 9 | Her husband gave her a hug and hurried inside , saying he was going to take a quick bath , then he 'd be down for drinks . |
| 10 | Now that has come to pass , I think everyone is gearing back down and it will be down for a couple of years before it goes back up ; it just seems to go back and forth . |
| 11 | Their eyes locked together for an instant , and Alyssia felt suddenly dizzy , as though the breath had been knocked out of her , then she regained her self-control , and replied politely , ‘ I 'll be down for lunch . ’ |
| 12 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 13 | If you had a face like that you 'd be down for plastic surgery tomorrow would n't you ? |
| 14 | ‘ Uncle Jake says we 've to be down for breakfast in a quarter of an hour . ’ |
| 15 | Everyone will be down for early breakfast . |
| 16 | so I wonder if she 's going down the , well she might be down for the service now |
| 17 | as high as that get it me and we 'll send you the money straight down w in fact we 'd be down for it . |
| 18 | In the Elizabethan Restaurant the shift has changed and tea is being prepared ; the duty staff will be in for an early meal shortly . |
| 19 | Forest loom in the FA Cup in the New Year , and if United , who had their lowest League crowd of the season on Saturday and are now only six points ahead of the bottom club City , still can not see the wood for the trees , somebody will be in for the chop . |
| 20 | THE grand old men of Italy 's Christian Democratic Party may be in for a shock . |
| 21 | Booze companies fear that tobacco 's closest relation may be in for the same treatment : there have been rumours that a directive is being prepared . |
| 22 | She might be in for a long wait : Bella did n't break her routine for anyone . |
| 23 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
| 24 | If you are intransigent , or are determined to stick to the letter of your contract come what may , you could be in for a rude awakening . |
| 25 | Have the courage to show the world who you really are and you may be in for a pleasant surprise . |
| 26 | JOHANN SCHYMS of Manosque , France , may be in for an expensive disappointment . |
| 27 | Profits do n't come into it ; unless the ozone layer is saved , we 'll be in for a roasting . |
| 28 | Remember I sha n't be in for supper . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Looks like we 're going to be in for some pretty flamboyant fielding from the West Indies ’ |
| 30 | At 7,316 people , you could be in for an uncomfortable wait . |