Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] be [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | so I 'm going in for twelve and finish for eight |
| 2 | I had been asked to teach a course of lectures at the Teachers ’ College , which is the only place in NZ to run a speech therapy course ( run jointly with the university ) ; so I was staying on for an extra 4 weeks , while the others ( except Ned , who was also staying in Christchurch with his job ) headed for Auckland to fly home . |
| 3 | I was tired , Thérèse said : so I was lying down for a bit . |
| 4 | So we were looking around for interesting stuff to push — sounds like drugs , eh ? — he-he-he ! — and someone mentions Walter Machin . |
| 5 | ‘ Well ’ — she straightened her broad shoulders ‘ perhaps everything 's turning out for the best then . |
| 6 | Many of them enjoyed their work experience in Picardy so much they are going back for more in their summer holidays . |
| 7 | Erm , and it 's been quickly Christianized with just two little lectures at the beginning of two chapters to Christianize so it was popped in for new testament and it 's the nearest we can get to teaching . |
| 8 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 9 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 10 | Now it was getting on for five o'clock . |
| 11 | one of the favourites to win the British Hangliding Championships is Pete Harvey from Milton Keynes … he helped Britain to third in the world cup which has just finished in California … now he 's taking off for Spain … that'ss where they 're holding the British competition … why its hot sunny and its ' not raining … |
| 12 | Well I 'm staying up for one more game |
| 13 | Well she 's coming back for more . |
| 14 | that need , you know if you 're , unless you live sort of here you 're going up for appointments , doctors , whatever |
| 15 | ‘ Got to observe strict ARP , you see , Miss , though here we are gettin' on for five months of war and not a peep out of a Jerry plane . |
| 16 | I 've done it since I was , well it 's getting on for fifteen years now . |
| 17 | Unfortunately I am tied up for the next month or so with filming commitments , but I hope we can arrange some time in July . |
| 18 | They may not always get what they want , but at least they 're standing up for them and actually feel good about themselves afterwards because . |
| 19 | By then it was getting on for lunchtime but , sauntering through the colonnade , she could n't resist first climbing a flight of stairs to take a look at some of the splendid Bohemian glassware on display . |
| 20 | Then he was sent off for charging him . |
| 21 | Kathleen injected the painkiller , and then he was wheeled off for X-rays . |
| 22 | he must be maybe he 's looking out for more work , I admire |
| 23 | As the ash dries hard it is dug out for sale for the construction industry , yet another habitat is created With the layers of rock compacted over millions of years , this soft ash forms perfect artificial gifts for burrowing animals like rabbits For this young fox , what better place to practise digging than a soft cliff of ash , watched nervously by potential lunch Another predator not necessarily fond of the ash , but very keen on the animals that it attracts , is the polecat ferret Once used by poachers many of these agile hunters are now wild and range freely over the rough ground near power stations in search of prey Round at the top of the ash are the nest borrows of one of Britain 's rarest bird , the sand martin the monitor of this power station has ensured special in there so the birds can find ideal nest sites . |
| 24 | Instead she was holed up for goodness knew how long with a man who clearly despised her — and not without reason , she admitted silently , leaning her forehead against the cold glass of the window . |
| 25 | Occasionally they were cut off for other reasons . |