Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 2 | Er today we 're going to look at this Policy E two , the op open countryside , and there are presented to you for the discussion three matters . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you for the past three hours , pacing the corridors , wearing out the carpet . |
| 4 | ‘ So what have you been doing with yourself for the last five years ? ’ he asked , leaning back in his chair and looking quizzically at her . |
| 5 | You will also find a splendid array of fine performers who are coming to us for the first time — many surely due to be favourites of the future . |
| 6 | I 've been staring at it for the past hour , waiting for it to start twitching around like a fat little worm on a fishing hook . |
| 7 | In October 1869 he wrote to Rohde : a whole lot of aesthetic problems and answers have been bubbling inside me for the last few years … of course , Wagner is in a very pregnant sense beneficial , especially as , an example incomprehensible on the basis of traditional aesthetics … ; and a few months later he was proclaiming to another correspondent a " marvellously new and changed … |
| 8 | so when would the first figures be given by you for the purpose of printing , approximately |
| 9 | It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time . |
| 10 | So far , I have a car driver and a motor cyclist and I 'm looking for someone for the bus and train , and possibly taxi . |
| 11 | As part of its expansion , Barratt will open two new subsidiaries a year over the three years of the growth plan , starting in July with one for south London , to be followed by one for the northern part of the capital later . |
| 12 | The clipped , breezy tone was one that Belinda knew by this time , and it meant , I want to be left to myself for the time being , thank you . |
| 13 | Since nothing seemed to be required of her for the present , Robbie thought , it would do no harm to lean back , just for a moment , and allow her heavy eyelids to have their own way . |
| 14 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 15 | A person whom there are grounds to suspect of an offence must be cautioned before any questions about it ( or further questions if it is his answers to previous questions that provide grounds for suspicion ) are put to him for the purpose of obtaining evidence which may be given to a court in a prosecution . |
| 16 | ‘ A person whom there are grounds to suspect of an offence must be cautioned before any questions about it ( or further questions if it is his answers to previous questions that provide grounds for suspicion ) are put to him for the purpose of obtaining evidence which may be given to a court in a prosecution . |
| 17 | In that case the railway company had carried the parcels of other persons at a rate less than similar parcels were carried by it for the plaintiff . |
| 18 | He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares . |
| 19 | Having delivered Eliot to those who were looking after him for the night , we walked back to our colleges discussing the evening , with the ardour of youth which included that most interesting of contests , the comparison of recollections . |
| 20 | I recently heard of a family who invited to church some friends who were staying with them for the weekend . |
| 21 | But Downing Street sources said no blame was being attached to anyone for the breakdown . |
| 22 | The more frequently graded tests are used , the better will be the understanding of those who are to rely on them for the selection of candidates . |
| 23 | Waggoner eventually concluded that the only way to see a whole tournament is to go to it for the entire week . |
| 24 | As it seems that the ancient and archaic NDB is to remain with us for the foreseeable future , this might be a good time to take a closer look at its failings as an aid to navigation ? |
| 25 | Comrade Wu , our guide who is coming with us for the rest of the tour , is teaching us some Chinese in the evenings , and we are trying out some new phrases every day and causing them some amusement . |
| 26 | If the description of integrated circuits given earlier is now considered , it can be seen that the requirements are met ; there are two or more layers ( usually three ) , one layer is made of a semiconducting material and a pattern is fixed upon it for the purpose of performing an electronic function . |
| 27 | No SSR endorsement is required from you for the specified SSR and package . |
| 28 | Unusually , no blame is attached to her for the outcome . |
| 29 | So , as our planet moves on its yearly orbit around the sun , the northern hemisphere is angled towards the sun for part of the year , and the southern hemisphere is tilted towards it for the other part . |
| 30 | Mr Davidson 's father , Robert Snr , said Mrs Holmes had been working for him for the last eight years . |