Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [prep] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The past few months have proved how effective we are at fighting for the British people . |
| 2 | For a somewhat less biased view of the global scene it 's worth sending for the latest Report on the State of World Population from the UN 's Fund for Population Activities ( 485 , Lexington Ave . |
| 3 | Orc Shamans are better and it 's worth going for a Shaman Lord if you can afford it . |
| 4 | Convert or sceptic , the philosphy seems to be if it works for you , it 's worth paying for the privilege . |
| 5 | It 's like looking for a needle in a haystack . ) |
| 6 | It 's like playing for a country and I think it will always remain so , ’ he said . |
| 7 | In the face of such a generalization , it is worth pausing for a moment to take stock of the kind of observer that Palomar is not . |
| 8 | It is worth pausing for a moment to examine the nature of this sentiment since , more than any other factor , it explains why all attempts to build a mass peace movement , both during and after the war , were to fail . |
| 9 | Most of these are well beyond binocular range , but it is worth looking for the ‘ Black-Eye ’ galaxy M64 , which is within a degree of the star 35 Comæ , not far from Alpha . |
| 10 | If all this is true , it is quite unclear to me in what the ‘ slim margin ’ consists , and what price it is worth paying for the war we should , on balance , want . |
| 11 | It is worth growing for the effect of its foliage alone , but doubles its value as a garden plant in late summer with graceful pale green stems that grow some 5ft tall . |
| 12 | Time for reflection : Andy Goram now knows ‘ what it is like to play for an honest-to-god institution ’ after some words of wisdom from Walter Smith . |
| 13 | I thought it was worth pushing for the extra I mean when he said a thousand , I thought it would be |
| 14 | ‘ It was like looking for a needle in a haystack , ’ said Claire Whitehead of the Friskie 's Pet Care Helpline yesterday . |
| 15 | It was like looking for a matchstick in a forest . |
| 16 | It was like waiting for a bomb to explode , because she never knew what he would do next . |
| 17 | It was like waiting for the Second Coming . |
| 18 | She could , in a way , imagine what it was like caring for the man before her . |
| 19 | I had no conception of what it was like to play for an honest-to-god institution until Walter put me straight . |
| 20 | It was like going for a walk in a Constable painting . |
| 21 | A British undercover agent in one of David Cornwell 's [ John le Carré 's ] novels is so exasperated by platitudes by a superior that he exploded within himself that it was like working for a bloody clergyman . |