Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | They 're liable to confiscate it for the further entertainment of customs officers . ’ |
2 | But , if you can isolate the component , it might be possible to swap it for a new one at minimum cost . |
3 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
4 | I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff . |
5 | Her mum says we 'd be welcome to rent it for a couple of weeks . |
6 | We do n't know what he 's like yet — would n't it be better to ask him for an odd Sunday first before we let ourselves in for a course of sermons ? ’ |
7 | It may , in fact , be better to organise it for the day after you move , because being certain that everything will run according to plan on the day of the move is almost impossible , so it is better to do without your cooker overnight and schedule this for the next morning when you know you are definitely going to be there . |
8 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
9 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
10 | And even if I did have and had a mustard seed here , you still would n't be able to see it for a mustard seed is no bigger than a pin head . |
11 | If he himself has not paid for them then the person who sold him the goods will be able to sue him for the price but will have lost any chance of recovering the goods . |
12 | If it does n't work out , no-one including yourself will be able to blame you for the breakdown of your marriage . |
13 | If it does n't work out , no one including yourself will be able to blame you for the breakdown of your marriage . |
14 | In the hospital , sitting up for the first time in several days , he had watched the doctor anointing an old man who would have made a superb St Jerome : ‘ a thin , long , sinewy brown wrinkled body with such very distinct and expressive joints that it makes one melancholy not to be able to have him for a model . ’ |
15 | Also their directors wont really be able to sack him for a few years . |
16 | He predicts that , within two years or so , people will be able to buy it for the price of a cheap piano . |
17 | Oh I wo n't be able to get it for the following day . |
18 | Clearly , if you or I should happen to chance on a second , battered and with a dozen pages adrift , we should be happy to buy it for a modest sum . |
19 | ‘ Quite right , laddie , but I think handling should be enough to hold you for a while . |
20 | Unless you are guilty of gross misconduct , it will seldom be fair to dismiss you for a first breach of discipline . |
21 | On the other hand , where a landlord was entitled to determine a lease for " building sites or planting or other purposes " , he was held not to be entitled to determine it for the purpose of constructing a sports stadium ( Coates v Diment [ 1951 ] 1 All ER 890 ) . |
22 | Few of us have the time , training , or expertise to do this job properly , even if it were possible to do it for a population as small as 10 000 people — which it is not . |
23 | The seventeen pensioners who were able to join us for the annual get-together enjoyed themselves immensely and are already looking forward to next year 's trip ! |
24 | The school was having trouble with leaks in their stainless steel hydrotherapy pool which resulted in the children being unable to use it for a number of weeks . |
25 | the word ‘ accent ’ is used elsewhere to refer to different varieties of pronunciation ( e.g. ‘ a foreign accent ’ ) ; it is confusing to use it for a quite different purpose — to a lesser extent we also have this problem with ‘ stress ’ , which can be used to refer to psychological tension . |
26 | I do n't really understand what he 's doing , but it 's OK to watch him for a bit . |
27 | PERSONAL liability of £250,000 to £1 million is advisable to cover you for the legal liability of injuring someone or damaging their property , particularly as insurers report an increase in such claims . |
28 | Until you know that a certain person is going to be a good language helper , it is best to engage him/her for a day or a week at a time . |
29 | The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation . |