Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later it was found that its policies in relation to Polish territorial claims had been formulated for it by the Comintern as a way of weakening Poland . |
| 2 | Do n't worry , I 've told the solicitors that are appearing for us on the sixteenth of July that that 's the situation , that the have not joined in all of the partners |
| 3 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 4 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 5 | An office has been prepared for you in the Kremlin . |
| 6 | The obelisk was nearly completed , and a place had been prepared for it near the south pylon of the Temple of Ptah ; the barge which had brought it had long since returned to the quarries upriver . |
| 7 | But the politicians are looking for it in the wrong direction . |
| 8 | They 're looking for him on the moors . ’ |
| 9 | But they 're waiting for him at the telecottage , a converted school which is due to run out of HIE and BT funding soon and is aiming to become a profitable business , specialising in desk-top publishing , graphic design and printing . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're waiting for me at the station . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They 're waiting for you in the alley way at the back of the shop . |
| 12 | Well you 're charged for it from the erm a private call but you 're not charged |
| 13 | Everything had been going so well this time ; leaving Glasgow on Saturday anticipation had been high , Amanda had even been waiting for him on the pavement outside her flat . |
| 14 | Although the citadel had been rebuilt by the Emperor Gia Long in 1802 , its palaces and temples had been designed and constructed faithfully in the style favoured by China 's Ming emperors and at the entrance to the Dai Noi , the Imperial City itself , Tran Van Hieu had been waiting for him in the shadow of the Ngo Mon , the " Bull Gate " roofed in gold tiles like the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Peking . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you for the past three hours , pacing the corridors , wearing out the carpet . |
| 16 | Liston and company were out on the lawn behind the house , where an old-fashioned wrought-iron table and some matching chairs had been set for them in the evening sunlight . |
| 17 | I was running the wrong race ; I should never have been entered for it in the first place . |
| 18 | Such banquets are portrayed for us on the Bayeux Tapestry , or at least the early stages of them . |
| 19 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |
| 20 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 21 | Andy has got a job to do and so have I. But if I lose he will be gutted for me at the end and if I lose I will be gutted for him . ’ |
| 22 | As a result , a patient can relate to one group of staff during the waking hours , and knows that the same staff will be caring for him during the night period . |
| 23 | For all she knew , Molassi could be waiting for her at the bottom , his knife drawn , standing over the body of Rodomonte . |
| 24 | The photographer would be waiting for her by the exhibition stand in twenty minutes or so . |
| 25 | I 'd get a phone call from his secretary and then a limousine would be waiting for me down the lane . |
| 26 | ‘ No doubt the news will be waiting for me around the garrison by now , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Will Mum and Dad be waiting for me in the hall ? |
| 28 | They would be waiting for him at the train 's next scheduled stop , the guard would see to that . |
| 29 | I would be waiting for him outside the room and would suggest that he too withdraw a minor claim ; then add a new demand . |
| 30 | He should be waiting for you in the transport yard at the back . ’ |