Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 2 | I was intended for the religious life . |
| 3 | I was abused for the first time at three years old . |
| 4 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 5 | ‘ I was asked for the first time last week what I 'd do if we got into the Premier League . |
| 6 | And , if any other recommendation be needed , I was asked for the second time to be coach monitor on our outing to Brighton , so you can see that I must be OK . |
| 7 | I trusted him to see that I was equipped for the new life I had chosen . |
| 8 | Luck plays a great part in success and as mine would have it , I was chosen for the pre-Christmas show . |
| 9 | I said that unless I was picked for the final leg I would n't run . |
| 10 | ( Unless of course , you are booked for the last sitting ! ) |
| 11 | The call the night before : Mohammed ca n't fly tomorrow , his gland has come up again , anyway , he mentioned your name , said you 're rated for the 35 , wonder if you could make it £200 cash and your exes ? |
| 12 | If you 're going to , if you 're going to be knocked for something , make sure you 're knocked for the right thing , that 's what you 're really saying . |
| 13 | Among the bidders was a landlady fighting to hold on to the country inn she 's run for the past eight years.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 14 | I 'd introduce you to my wife , but she 's disappeared for the umpteenth time this evening . |
| 15 | She said she 's walked for the first time and felt exhausted . |
| 16 | If you 've come for a session with Kafy , you 're out of luck she 's booked for the whole night by one of the priests from the Temple of Khepri . |
| 17 | Clarke equalled the United Kingdom junior women 's record of 2.95 metres , and must now wait anxiously to see if she is selected for the junior international match against Hungary later this month . |
| 18 | The argument that she was employed for the specific purpose of teaching students , and therefore not eligible for dismissal rights , was rejected . |
| 19 | There was the proliferative retinopathy episode a few weeks ago , and when she was hospitalised for the threatened toxaemia we found that her blood glucose was actually better controlled at home now than in hospital … |
| 20 | Later she was to think how little she was prepared for the simple events which were to change her life completely — indeed she would have said that so much had happened to her already that any further incidents must be minor , a judgement which could not have been more faulty . |
| 21 | If she was prepared for the worst then , God willing , it would n't happen . |
| 22 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 23 | No more than 14 when she pocketed the Scottish Girls ' title and the Scottish Girls ' Under-22 Stroke-Play Championship for a first time , Jane became the youngest ever to play for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup when she was chosen for the 1980 match at St. Pierre . |
| 24 | Her mother was a true believer in Christ , and after she was widowed for the second time , she came to live in Kidderminster in 1658 . |
| 25 | She was captured for the second time and remains disappeared . |
| 26 | Here we are told for the first time such details as that the Moreens are American , that they require a resident tutor for their sickly child , and that Pemberton is looking for the tutor 's job ; or rather , we are not told , but are led to infer these facts , for James avoids a direct statement of them . |
| 27 | You believe we were attacked for the same reason and probably by the same person . |
| 28 | The 27 finalists are listed below and at the time of going to press they are poised for the grand final in London . |
| 29 | A great many young doctors do enter research , but few are reaching the stage where they are qualified for the senior jobs . |
| 30 | They are used for the final stages when working down a tilth and levelling the surface once the large clods and turf have been broken . |