Example sentences of "[pron] be [pron] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The I 'm your representative for the minster governors and I 'll be slipping out later on this evening if I may of the installation of the new headteacher , that will be seven minutes time so if you 'll excuse me . |
| 2 | ’ I was his prisoner for the night , ’ she snapped . |
| 3 | His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets . |
| 4 | The Salesian Sisters , who were their hostesses for the weekend , gave them a warm and friendly welcome , and the retreatants quickly settled down in the beautiful house . |
| 5 | ‘ OK — so she 's your hostess for the moment . |
| 6 | Now , getting back to the comment the woman made earlier about men being misogynist within their own world I 'm quite convinced that a good deal of those men would go home to their wives and family and be very loving to their , to their wives and family , be respectful of their neighbours but as soon as they got in the all male environment , and this woman was there to be used , she was their property for the time that they paid their money to get through the door , they could be as misogynist , offensive and horrid as they wanted to be ! |
| 7 | ‘ The police assumed that the money he gave her was his bonus for the Madrid Open and the Italian Championship . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's his bid for the leadership , ’ one prominent ex-minister on the right of the party said . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's my gift for the T'ang . |
| 10 | ‘ We go self-catering in our own little chalet and it 's our house for the week . |
| 11 | As Bowen ( 1985 ) has pointed out , the contribution of I. A. Richards is often ignored , yet it is his prescription for the ‘ close reading ’ of texts which is the basis of most school and university teaching of English today . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is not an ideal system — some day no doubt the MR will be appointed by competitive examination in Law Reports , but it is our system for the present ; and we should give our party arrangements a wrench if we throw it aside . |
| 13 | He is our hope for the future , a hostage for his brother 's safety . |
| 14 | We smile nicely as he is our host for the day . |
| 15 | Once he 's gone he 's their explanation for the missing money and all they will ever be accused of is leniency in not prosecuting . ’ |
| 16 | Unfortunate that it was her turn for the floor . |
| 17 | It was my turn for the telescope . |
| 18 | When he heard about Bonanza parking the Fraser girl on ice out in the country he must have figured it was his chance for the big killing . |
| 19 | What are my/our priorities for the coming term/year ? |
| 20 | What are his plans for the future ? |
| 21 | ‘ What are your plans for the future ? ’ |
| 22 | What are your plans for the Biennale this autumn ? |
| 23 | ‘ What are your plans for the rest of the afternoon ? ’ she asked in her best trying-to-be-friendly voice , thinking that if she could pin-point him to some specific part of the house then she could at least do her best to avoid it . |
| 24 | ‘ What are your plans for the day ? ’ he asked , preparing another mammoth sandwich for himself . |
| 25 | ‘ Last question coming up — what are your hopes for the future at Radio Glencoe ? |
| 26 | What is much more difficult to know is what were his motives for the decision , and what he expected to be the likely outcome . |
| 27 | What 's your projection for the city ? |
| 28 | What 's your message for the world ? |
| 29 | I , I would normally say to you now , right what 's your objectives for the two days , but to be honest if we do that , er , I do n't think it helps very much , erm , but if anybody wants to make any comments about any specific part of it , er , then I 'll try and just talk you through it . |
| 30 | What was his marks for the last test . |