Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just sit down and and sit still for a minute because you 'll be standing for a long time playing the recorder as well , if you want if you want to go to the toilet just take yourself all right . |
| 32 | I know it 's still running , it 'll be running for a long , a long time |
| 33 | A case could be made for a deep psychic need in people the world over for the manifestations of monsters in varying horrific forms . |
| 34 | The first cultivators in Africa , as in all parts of the world , would farm a field for a few years and then , when its fertility began to drop , move on to an adjacent , or occasionally distant , area where high yields could be maintained for a similar period . |
| 35 | They consulted a doctor who told them that there was very little that could be done for a rheumatic attack . |
| 36 | As the science of the nineteenth century advanced in analytical skills , it became increasingly possible to tie down results to specific plants and the chemicals therein , until a pure chemical could be prescribed for a particular symptom . |
| 37 | He/She could be looking for a Double Indemnity climax . |
| 38 | The same could be claimed for a new memorial at Smoogro , Orkney , in honour of Squadron Commander Edwin Dunning , DSC . |
| 39 | She could hardly bear to think the thought , but it did seem to her that anyone who had lived for so many years with her mother could be excused for a certain lack of joie de vivre . |
| 40 | It was at a jewellers ’ in Milan and could be retrieved for a certain sum . |
| 41 | If you 're a Libran who just has to say what 's on your mind come hell or high water you could be heading for a stormy time . |
| 42 | TEAM up with Richard Gere and Kim Basinger and you could be heading for a super holiday in San Francisco . |
| 43 | The Government could be heading for a damaging backbench revolt of Scottish Tories if it rejects Rosyth . |
| 44 | She , like her trainer , could be set for a good season . |
| 45 | VIRGIN tycoon Richard Branson is moving into computers and could be set for a head-on clash with Amstrad chief Alan Sugar . |
| 46 | They are all relatively quick to prepare and could be combined for a Mexican buffet party . |
| 47 | If he ever goes in with Tyson , he could be taken for a foolish dog . |
| 48 | If he ever goes in with Tyson , he could be taken for a foolish dog . |
| 49 | Although the women 's magazine is a one-off , the idea could be copied for a special publication on care for the elderly , she said . |
| 50 | It gave the best possible example that could be found for a rhetorical approach to the question of property . |
| 51 | As discussions proceeded , the sale of the land became tied to the payment of Hamilton 's pension , for the Charity Commissioners decided that if the land could be sold for a chief rent of £58 10 0d [ £4 per cent of its market value ] , then the pension could be £125 — but £50 of that would have to come from the salary of the new Headmaster ! |
| 52 | It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp . |
| 53 | Some towns and cities are now devoid of any kind of public freight terminal , or even a suitable siding which could be used for a one-off consignment . |
| 54 | However , the key to the avoidance of uncontrolled complexity in any engineering domain may be to go for a complete and as rigorous as possible a description of the problem in hand before any detailed calculations are made on the precise properties of the postulated design . |
| 55 | There is no limit on the number of volume sets which may be defined for a particular installation , as the number produced depends on the number of charge codes for which modules are to be hard copied and the number of modules to be hard copied for those charge codes . |
| 56 | BROOKE SHIELDS , who is not being offered many good roles since outgrowing her curvaceous teens , may be looking for a new career as a film critic . |
| 57 | Or he may be looking for a particular foodplant , or flower for nectar , searching for a special smell or a particular electromagnetic emission . |
| 58 | Did you say to her , I 'm going out to re I 'm going out and I may be gone for a long time . |
| 59 | His family have a message for other parents who may be hoping for a similar hospital place for their glue-sniffing child |
| 60 | Authority may be given for a particular exercise of the power or for its exercise generally ( a distinction of some importance in relation to pre-emptive rights ) and may be unconditional or subject to conditions . |