Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | no I 'm not , I 'm sorry I said some of them are raised now for the first time , I was about to say I 'm not complaining I 'm simply pointing out , standing here without the instructions I ca n't deal with the matter |
| 2 | Dixie and I are dressed up for the Island . |
| 3 | Unfortunately I am tied up for the next month or so with filming commitments , but I hope we can arrange some time in July . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I am 24 now and I am signed up for the next five years . |
| 5 | ‘ But please do n't believe that I 'm pining away for the lack of a man in my life . |
| 6 | I 'm leaving shortly for the Ministry . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm sticking up for the little bless him . |
| 8 | ‘ Sorry , I 'm tied up for the next couple of months with long-haul business trips , ’ Ashley interrupted . |
| 9 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 10 | At the Invalidenstrasse crossing , an older man wept as he explained : ‘ I 'm going across for the first time since August 12 , 1961 . |
| 11 | But you 've got to practice with me to get the movements right so I 'm to stand in for the swan . ’ |
| 12 | At eighteen , I was called up for the Army and I was three years there . |
| 13 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 14 | I was taken there for the first time when I was six weeks old in a motor side car down from London to just within ten miles of Bury St Edmunds . |
| 15 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 16 | And er I was put up for the committee and was successful and sat on the committee for quite a number of years . |
| 17 | The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ? |
| 18 | The cops worked shifts , but I was booked in for the run . |
| 19 | Also , although others may be wearing very little , you should always ensure that you are dressed sensibly for the occasion . |
| 20 | When you come to retirement age , whilst not suggesting that you are past it , you are planning ahead for the time where you may not be quite as capable as were . |
| 21 | And er I do do n't know which day it was but she was sitting there fed up second day I 'm thinking she said well I , I 'm going home tomorrow , so I said no you 're staying in for the week ! |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose you 're fixed up for the rest of the evening ? ’ |
| 23 | And then you 're going away for the weekend ? |
| 24 | ‘ Every client I treat usually loses at least an inch — so it 's ideal if you 're going out for the evening and want to wear a specially tight outfit . ’ |
| 25 | Right , that 's why you 're going out for the whole evening , for the water eh ? |
| 26 | Cos you 're paying actually for the boxes , it says . |
| 27 | It 's surprising how much louder they seem to get when you 're bedding down for the night . |
| 28 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 29 | She may have been more assertive for a while as she found her feet , but she is remembered mainly for the way she consulted staff and her obvious concern to do the best in every situation . |
| 30 | At the time , Belinda had merely thought she was resting up for the party . |