Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone arrives with a stack of singles which they think are worth considering for the playlist . |
| 2 | The Stones and their time were all about leaving home ; The Smiths and our time are about pining for a home . |
| 3 | If you have to use files created by someone else , finding out which file you want to retrieve can be like looking for a needle in a haystack , particularly if that person is out of the office . |
| 4 | It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack . ’ |
| 5 | It will be like looking for a needle in a haystack . |
| 6 | It must be like looking for a needle in a haystack — assuming there 's a bloody needle there . ’ |
| 7 | It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack . |
| 8 | Orc Shamans are better and it 's worth going for a Shaman Lord if you can afford it . |
| 9 | Convert or sceptic , the philosphy seems to be if it works for you , it 's worth paying for the privilege . |
| 10 | In the face of such a generalization , it is worth pausing for a moment to take stock of the kind of observer that Palomar is not . |
| 11 | It is worth pausing for a moment to examine the nature of this sentiment since , more than any other factor , it explains why all attempts to build a mass peace movement , both during and after the war , were to fail . |
| 12 | The point is worth considering for a moment , partly because it is of relevance to greatly more than the present conceptual issue . |
| 13 | Probably the most useful recent equivalent is Clutton-Brock and Albon 's Red Deer in the Highlands , while a short summary is in Clutton-Brock and Ball , Rum , the Natural History of an Island — a book which is worth studying for the interplay of how things affect each other . |
| 14 | It is worth growing for the effect of its foliage alone , but doubles its value as a garden plant in late summer with graceful pale green stems that grow some 5ft tall . |
| 15 | If all this is true , it is quite unclear to me in what the ‘ slim margin ’ consists , and what price it is worth paying for the war we should , on balance , want . |
| 16 | It 's like looking for a needle in a haystack . ) |
| 17 | But looking into the future , well , that 's like looking for the bottom of the river , is n't it ? |
| 18 | It 's like playing for a country and I think it will always remain so , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I thought it was worth pushing for the extra I mean when he said a thousand , I thought it would be |
| 20 | It was like looking for a matchstick in a forest . |
| 21 | ‘ It was like looking for a needle in a haystack , ’ said Claire Whitehead of the Friskie 's Pet Care Helpline yesterday . |
| 22 | It was like waiting for a bomb to explode , because she never knew what he would do next . |
| 23 | It was like going for a walk in a Constable painting . |
| 24 | She could , in a way , imagine what it was like caring for the man before her . |