Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be worth waiting for the last in which Mick Ryan 's Les Amis ( 3.40 ) is well drawn and must be fancied on her two lengths defeat of Quinta Royale at Folkestone . |
| 2 | The past few months have proved how effective we are at fighting for the British people . |
| 3 | For a somewhat less biased view of the global scene it 's worth sending for the latest Report on the State of World Population from the UN 's Fund for Population Activities ( 485 , Lexington Ave . |
| 4 | Friendship is about caring for the other person , respecting the other person , sharing your interests with the other person , enjoying just being with the other person — but not about suffocating the other person with big slobbering kisses ! |
| 5 | I think this book is worth having for a professional needing some facts in a hurry and for a student wanting an introduction to intersection control . |
| 6 | Time for reflection : Andy Goram now knows ‘ what it is like to play for an honest-to-god institution ’ after some words of wisdom from Walter Smith . |
| 7 | One of the main ways of distinguishing a European mink Mustela lutreola from this American one is by looking for a white patch on the upper lip . |
| 8 | It was like waiting for the Second Coming . |
| 9 | I had no conception of what it was like to play for an honest-to-god institution until Walter put me straight . |
| 10 | A British undercover agent in one of David Cornwell 's [ John le Carré 's ] novels is so exasperated by platitudes by a superior that he exploded within himself that it was like working for a bloody clergyman . |