Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The popularity of Taylor 's devotional books , his sufferings for the Church , his piety , engaging manner , and contacts in influential Royalist circles might have been expected to qualify him for high preferment in the restored Church in 1660 . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 3 | That 's a gallon per minute times forty minutes then cancel with gallons so they 're going to charge you for two hundred and forty gallons . |
| 4 | ‘ We are creating and missing so many chances that sooner or later we 're going to hit someone for six , ’ he said . |
| 5 | They 're hoping to get it for this being an international airport . |
| 6 | Betty 's other criticism of the scheme is that she has been told to use it for individualised learning and she does not believe that the children learn properly this way . |
| 7 | ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . |
| 8 | Sheep would not safely graze nor would spring lambs nor calves ; the average farmer could hardly be expected to stock them for old times ' sake . |
| 9 | For those nurses relocating from the acute sector to community services , training will be needed to prepare them for new ways of working . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ said Zach , ‘ because I 'm going to ask you for another good suggestion . ’ |
| 11 | She told me , ‘ Martha , you 've brought me your pay , like a good girl , and we need it all , but I 'm going to buy something for that lonely child at the Manor , ’ and she bought one , and here it is ! ’ |
| 12 | I 'm trying to get one for this model here , we have a lot of these erm similar chassis in them . |
| 13 | She remembered how she had n't been allowed to hold him for more than a moment before he had to go back behind the bars of his crib . |
| 14 | An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss . |
| 15 | Now , where did you say you were going to take me for that drink ? ’ |
| 16 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |
| 17 | Gusev deduced that Volkov was in love with a woman who 'd been sent to entrap him for political purposes , so Gusev deduced . |
| 18 | ‘ We 've been trying to wake him for half an hour , ’ said Fritz . |
| 19 | They had been trying to contact her for several days . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a sad time for me , but this is something for which I 've been trying to prepare myself for some time , ’ he said . |
| 21 | The compensatory award is intended to reimburse you for financial loss resulting from the unfair dismissal . |
| 22 | Welcome back : Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate and urgent action is needed to protect it for future generations . |
| 23 | Nobody 's going to fire you for that ! |
| 24 | Xishe 's wife is allowed to see him for 45 minutes twice a year . |
| 25 | Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation . |
| 26 | He was going to lose her for good and was powerless to stop the inexorable wheel of Fortune from taking her from him . |
| 27 | Spennymoor impresario John Wray met Angie last summer and was inspired to book her for several tours of the North-East . |
| 28 | And he called it the well he was asked to make one for other blacksmiths . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |