Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [be] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reaction to the latest rise makes it clear that everyone is watching out for another eruption of internal discord on the exchange rate between Sir Alan Walters in Downing Street , and Mr Lawson in the Treasury . |
| 2 | ‘ But please do n't believe that I 'm pining away for the lack of a man in my life . |
| 3 | " You know , Dad , I 'm not so sure that I 'm cut out for what you want me to be , " he said , and sipped his coffee with a pensive expression on his face . |
| 4 | I told them I told that I was going home for good when the sister hurted herself . |
| 5 | The ideal tactics should be a mixture of both , but only if a clear message can be communicated to the Hong Kong people that someone is standing up for them somewhere . |
| 6 | Her famous voice ( ‘ Percet ’ said Sir Colin Davis of the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden ) , is in such worldwide demand that she is booked up for years to come . |
| 7 | And he saw the ring , his ring , that she was wearing openly for the occasion , beside Anne Mowbray 's wedding-ring on the third finger of her left hand . |
| 8 | The woman said she had , and in the filing cabinet behind , but that she was searching specifically for a pair of scissors . |
| 9 | He must be made to realise that she was speaking up for Kirsty 's sake , that she was not motivated by personal spite . |
| 10 | On this occasion I had neither heard nor seen the tigress , nor had I received any indication from bird or beast of her presence , and yet I knew , without any shadow of doubt , that she was lying up for me among the rocks . |
| 11 | Clearly Helen has looked for ‘ explanations ’ to help her deal with such a painful experience , and the one she seems to have come up with is that she was picked on for the way she looks . |
| 12 | And just as she was feeling sure and secure , a smile becoming a real part of her as she gloried in the feeling growing between them , Lucy gave her to understand that she was going away for three weeks . |
| 13 | The other thing to remember , you 're trying to persuade the court to your views , or the view that you 're putting forward for your client , you 're not telling the court what they must think . |
| 14 | money that you are saving up for something |
| 15 | Also , although others may be wearing very little , you should always ensure that you are dressed sensibly for the occasion . |
| 16 | And you will never discover how serious it was until the stakes are raised horribly high ; until you find that you are playing not for counters or sixpences but for every penny you have in the world . |
| 17 | Has Mum told you that we 're going out for a Chinese ? |
| 18 | Why do n't the B B C , both radio and television , take advertising , and then we not only would not need to pay an extra twenty quid , we probably would n't need to pay the eighty odd pounds that we 're paying already for a colour television licence . |
| 19 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 20 | The division , which prided itself on its knowledge of the oil companies and the oil world , believed ( as it subsequently proved , with some justification ) that we were paying more for our naphtha than we strictly needed to do . |
| 21 | ‘ And what kind of dybbuk informs their victim that they 're slipping out for a little coffee-break or whatever ? ’ |
| 22 | Coun Williams retorted : ‘ The fact that they are looking around for someone to blame is proof they really do n't want to do it . ’ |
| 23 | For this reason , an all-round practice gives better training than a specialised one — but it may be well worth taking articles in a specialised firm if you are assured that they are looking out for a bright young man/woman like you to be a partner . |
| 24 | So , the situation in that is quite serious and it behoves us to take it seriously , it behoves us to make sure that if we are putting resources of that magnitude or of any magnitude perhaps , then we have to make sure that they are managed properly for the effective delivery of the services which we intend er that them to be used for . |
| 25 | The buyer 's concerns here are that these items be properly used and cared for by the seller , that they be used only for the purposes of the sub-contract ( ie that the seller does not use them to make goods for third parties which can then be sold by them in competition with the buyer ) , and that they be returned to him at the end of the sub-contract . |
| 26 | Government-approved ‘ mousetrap ’ had for so long banished regional English cheeses , for instance , that they were given up for dead . |
| 27 | They would then find that they were hanging around for hours and the crafty ones would try to find a prop bed to catch up on some sleep . |
| 28 | But he was reassured by the fact that the Dhah had promised that they were leaving only for a few weeks vacation . |
| 29 | The Head of Department replied that they were used mainly for the Sixth Form , for example , the History of Art' … my predecessor bought them for departmental use , but my belief is that kids should be actively involved in creative work , not passively looking at film — and we have difficulty with blackout , too'. ( verified note of meeting ) |
| 30 | You 're telling me that blokes we arrested , blokes we stood in court and saw sentenced , blokes we saw driven away in fucking armoured vans , have committed the exact same crimes that they were put away for ? |