Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whoever wrote the lyrics to that should be locked up for an affront to the English language . |
| 2 | Anyone who is stupid enough to try and derail a train should be locked away for a long time . |
| 3 | Pétain , he recommended , should now be put in command not only of the Left Bank , but of the Right Bank as well ; the ‘ fatigued ’ General Herr should be kept on for a while as Pétain 's adviser , then quietly ‘ limogé ’ . |
| 4 | Just as zooming should be done only for a good reason , panning is also a camera move which should be used sparingly if it is not to become visually irritating . |
| 5 | Still , I should be coming in for a tidy sum of compensation . |
| 6 | Well you must be getting on for a hundred , because I believe you were in the Boar War , were n't you ? |
| 7 | Here your lines should be fine , light and crisp and areas of colour must be blended carefully for a smooth result . |
| 8 | If the complaint turns out to be more serious or if agreement can not be reached on a resolution , it must be referred back for a full investigation . |
| 9 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 10 | She might be go out for a hike later in her slippers . |
| 11 | He 'll be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ No , I 'll be staying here for a while , sharing the caravan with Boz and Alamena . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Then we 'll be travelling together for a couple of stops . |
| 14 | He said hastily , ‘ I 'll be going away for a bit and I guess I 'll be ravenous when I get back . |
| 15 | McGillicuddy would n't relish the idea of giving up the General Director 's job as European overlord , but he was also sixty and could be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement . |
| 16 | A vindictive hatred of Kit Nubbles for saying that he was ‘ an uglier dwarf than could be seen anywhere for a penny ’ causes Quilp to set on Sampson Brass and his sister falsely to incriminate the boy . |
| 17 | Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’ |
| 18 | PLACE your bets with Bugsy — and you could be jetting off for a week in Las Vegas the gambling capital of the world . |
| 19 | certainly I think er we 'd be looking perhaps for a minimum of er er of one mile but I ca n't advise you on any level of agreement as to as to what any definition of it . |
| 20 | The basic requirements for the grant of a patent are stated in section 1(1) of the Patents Act 1977 as follows : A patent may be granted only for an invention in respect of which the following conditions are satisfied , that is to say — a ) the invention is new ; b ) it involves an inventive step ; c ) it is capable of industrial application ; d ) the grant of a patent for it is not excluded by subsections ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) below … |
| 21 | The child understands that these may be exchanged later for a big reward . |
| 22 | UB may be pencilled in for a show in the King 's Hall on January |
| 23 | These take the curriculum and re-present it in ‘ bite-sized pieces ’ , usually in courses of between 20 and 30 hours , which may be put together for an award like GCSE or which can be taken as free-standing units . |
| 24 | ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe . |
| 25 | The UK had maintained that rates should be left for the market to decide , and had demanded the indefinite maintenance of discretionary zero rating for sensitive items ( the Commission 's position being that zero rating would be tolerated only for a limited period ) . |
| 26 | They could get quite boisterous and reckless , especially during the early days , when they would be shut in for a while . |
| 27 | Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain . |
| 28 | Three of the four students not looking for employment and without plans to continue their studies would be travelling overseas for a time before commencing job search . |
| 29 | Pulling herself together once more , Rachel 's mouth tightened and she knew the best thing would be to get away for an hour by going to lunch and pushing all thoughts of Damian Flint from her mind . |
| 30 | He holds pubs in thrall to his Welsh past — the stories which would be told afresh for a lifetime now emerge in their first edition — and his childhood , far from seeming a ball and chain in this airy court of privilege , glowed into a magic kingdom to match any of them . |