Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But do n't you know whether a solicitor 's going to be here for the committal proceedings today ? |
| 2 | We 're going to be here for the rest of our lives . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm going to be here for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 4 | Well you 'll have to be here for the surveyor |
| 5 | ‘ You 're supposed to be away for the week . ’ |
| 6 | In these two cases , the motivation for the institutional preference was quite different : one based on what was felt to be best for the sufferer , and the other largely on what was best for the carer . |
| 7 | But I suggest you attempt to overcome your own immature outlook on life long enough to consider what 's going to be best for the club . |
| 8 | The model village commenced by Cadbury Brothers in 1893 was not intended — as was the Lever Brothers development at Port Sunlight ( q.v. ) to be exclusively for the workers in the factory . |
| 9 | Then in the Southern my next prayer was to be home for the boy 's Christmas holidays from school and I got home : it was even more special . |
| 10 | At the Royal Infirmary my desperate prayer was to be home for the boys ' Easter holidays from school — and I was home . |
| 11 | And he knew I did n't have to be home for the kids or whatever , he knew my circumstances so well and he knew th exactly how much he could use me you know . |
| 12 | So like , I did n't have to be there for the phone at all . |
| 13 | To paraphrase an old saying , the water has to be there for the horse to be able to drink . |
| 14 | ITN bosses insisted the timing of her return , 13 weeks after major brain surgery , was just a coincidence but afterwards 45-year-old Julia said she was excited to be there for the re-launch . |
| 15 | He hopes to be back for the play offs . |
| 16 | Blur , the Valentines and Dinosaur Jr on in the wrong order , at the wrong time , in the wrong place , before the wrong crowd , using inappropriate equipment , and putting you in the worst mood you could hope to be in for the Mary Chain ? |
| 17 | The 27-year-old Oldham keeper is likely to be out for the rest of the season after tearing wrist ligaments against Manchester United . |
| 18 | RISING star Remittance Man has damaged a tendon in his off-fore and is likely to be out for the rest of the season . |
| 19 | Luton winger Scott Oakes has undergone a cartilage operation and is likely to be out for the rest of the season . |
| 20 | And the , the importance of that for me , that shows me the shape of the month , so there 's nowhere I 'm going to be on the tenth other than my office , because I 'm going to be out for the rest of the week . |
| 21 | ‘ Sailors were the élite , ’ Daniel Farson observes ; ‘ guardsmen were less popular because they were known to be out for the money . ’ |
| 22 | Back at Louth , we found the TD to be out for the day , to my secret relief . |
| 23 | They ca n't afford to lose time because they 've got to be out for the bairns . |
| 24 | At any rate , it seems to be so for the Perks . |