Example sentences of "be [prep] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
| 2 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 3 | After more than 20 years of Medau teaching in Edinburgh , Muriel Jessop is taking the step of handing over her class — much to the sadness of her class members , some of whom have been with her for a larger number of those years . |
| 4 | You 've been with me for a whole week now and you might just as well have been a girl , or a boy without balls . |
| 5 | And I remember to this day , though I was so small , that mother was very angry with me , for unclothing myself before the servant , who was a very nice girl who had been with us for a long time . |
| 6 | Leslie had a very good lot of men in his section , some of them had been with us for a long time . |
| 7 | Of course the phenomenological approach has been with us for a long time , and has been the primary source of evidence in the psychoanalytic tradition . |
| 8 | Well we all know from our own history books that fire has been with us for a long long time has n't it ? |
| 9 | When Shanti had been with us for a few days , a friend said to me , ‘ I saw Michael out with the baby in the pram , and I do n't think I 've seen a man look happier in my life . ’ |
| 10 | I think erm there is some dispute as to erm what size the new settlement must be to become what 's termed an integrated and balanced community , and given the importance of this issue , and it has been with us for the last three years , ever since the new settlement was first proposed , erm I find it very surprising that North Yorkshire County Council have not undertaken any work of their own on this subject area , and have relied instead on a a residual approach to find the new settlement size , and I must say I find that very unsatisfactory , what North Yorkshire County Council are inviting you , erm , to accept is whatever size the residual for Greater York is , you know , has been in the past I should say , proposals from the public , from the private sector have come forward , an and the County Council have used those proposals as confirmation that the new settlement of that particular size was viable , it 's a sort of self fulfilling prophecy , now I think that 's unacceptable , what they have n't done is the second part of the technical exercise , which is to look at the thresholds of the various services and facilities required in the new settlement . |
| 11 | It has been with us for the past 10 years . |
| 12 | Never get bored with the fact that you 've been with someone for a long time , it 's a good thing , not a bad thing . |
| 13 | He has n't been in it for a long time . |
| 14 | Sunderland wanted £4,000 and their manager , Bob Kyle , said it would be worth it for the twenty goals Buchan was bound to score in his first season at Highbury . |
| 15 | I tell them to take their time ; it is hoped that the dog will be with them for the next ten years or more — what are a few minutes ? |
| 16 | It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat . |
| 17 | Modigliani moved in to be with her for the last few days and at the end of November Jeanne entered the Nice Maternity Hospital . |
| 18 | You know he 's twenty two , twenty three years old , you know , you know whatever he 's doing he 's liable to be with him for a few years yet and what can one see |
| 19 | It is a growing problem partly and one that is likely to be with us for a long time . |
| 20 | It is likely to be with us for a long time to come . ’ |
| 21 | Within a month of the start of the war it was beginning to appreciate its mistake , but the consequences will be with us for a long time to come . |
| 22 | But er we shall be without him for the next fortnight erm so somebody 'll have to come in and score a few goals for us but often you know , you discover things that erm you never knew were there when you have to fill in gaps that have suddenly arisen . |
| 23 | Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight . |
| 24 | Others were with us for the first time — students from the Darlington area . |
| 25 | The familiar house , the carpeted hall , were before him for the last time . |
| 26 | It is true that it has been forecast as being upon us for a long time , but things are now really moving in some areas . |
| 27 | machine until Monday and then though we 'll take him off , of course being on it for a long period |
| 28 | She 'd been at it for the past half-hour , ever since she 'd arrived to interrupt Rory 's precious sunbathing break . |
| 29 | CAPE FEAR ( CIC ) Scorsese 's dazzling noir remake disappointed some , but is worth it for the directional flash , De Niro 's grotesque hamming , and current gawk of the town Juliette Lewis |
| 30 | Am I right in saying that Susan 's with us for a full year every Wednesday and John is supposed to be with us for a term but it 's been extended has n't it |