Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But do n't you know whether a solicitor 's going to be here for the committal proceedings today ? |
| 2 | We 're going to be here for the rest of our lives . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm going to be here for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 4 | Well you 'll have to be here for the surveyor |
| 5 | ‘ All I 'm saying is that I think we need to be apart for a while , come down to earth , if you like . |
| 6 | The name Tabor comes from the mountain mentioned in the Bible where Jesus chose to be apart for a while . |
| 7 | If ever we had to be away for a night , Shanti used to go to spend the night at Mavis 's house , and regarded it as a very great treat . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're supposed to be away for the week . ’ |
| 9 | In these two cases , the motivation for the institutional preference was quite different : one based on what was felt to be best for the sufferer , and the other largely on what was best for the carer . |
| 10 | But I suggest you attempt to overcome your own immature outlook on life long enough to consider what 's going to be best for the club . |
| 11 | Then in the Southern my next prayer was to be home for the boy 's Christmas holidays from school and I got home : it was even more special . |
| 12 | But your list must seem to be there for a purpose . |
| 13 | and he probably would n't mind that you were only going to be there for a year or two you know he 's getting |
| 14 | ‘ I was privileged to be there for a day and the whole thing was handled magnificently . ’ |
| 15 | I like being in a war and I like being there because it 's a great adventure for me , but my duty is to be there for a reason , not just to have a bloody good time … |
| 16 | So like , I did n't have to be there for the phone at all . |
| 17 | To paraphrase an old saying , the water has to be there for the horse to be able to drink . |
| 18 | ITN bosses insisted the timing of her return , 13 weeks after major brain surgery , was just a coincidence but afterwards 45-year-old Julia said she was excited to be there for the re-launch . |
| 19 | Talks are said to be underway for a Tyson warm-up fight in Britain , plus the prospect of a £50 million showdown with WBC champion Lennox Lewis . |
| 20 | If you are really fond of her , then you know that you will both give each other pleasure simply by being together for a while , but you must be prepared to give much more of yourself to the conduct of those few hours than you probably would in other social circumstances . |