Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am writing to thank you for a lovely holiday near Brno in Czechoslovakia at the Hotel Form . |
| 2 | I am writing to thank you for the Morrissey article . |
| 3 | I am writing to thank you for the coverage you gave my launch as the No More Pylons candidate ( Echo March 26 ) . |
| 4 | Scorton does have a playing field , but this is administered by the Parish Council and no application has been made to use it for a finishing point . |
| 5 | Has it been opened cos we 're going to need one for the |
| 6 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 7 | Because if we 're going to use it for the ragtime and er |
| 8 | Wallering Remember Christopher Robin , his wise old house spelt his name Wal We 're going to name you for the elms at the foot of the garden . |
| 9 | we get one Mark we 're going to get one for the right reasons indeed . |
| 10 | Exactly , they 're trying to screw me for every single penny they can get out of me |
| 11 | The $420m a year that America has been getting to compensate it for the loss in sales of farm products to Spain and Portugal after they joined the Community was due to run out in 1990 . |
| 12 | ‘ Dear Fatal , ’ writes Philip Saunders from North Devon , ‘ I 'm writing to thank you for the excellent screen wipes . |
| 13 | Mr Jones did n't have the key ; it was kept at the ambulance station , whose staff would be told to lend it for the purpose required . |
| 14 | In some circumstances one might seek a maximally parallel version of a program , but it is more likely that one will be attempting to optimise it for a particular configuration . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment . |
| 16 | Then , hoping he could remember enough of the ancient language of chivalry and selecting his words with extreme care , he said , ‘ Good Trees , we ask your assistance , ’ and saw the Elms nod to one another meaningfully , as if they had been expecting all along to be asked to do something for the Humans . |
| 17 | He has already been asked to join them for a 60-date tour next year . |
| 18 | And erm they were going to send her for an interview straight away . |
| 19 | They were trying plug them for a hundred and fifty thousand were n't they ? |
| 20 | FRENCH inventors are being urged to gird themselves for an economic war against foreigners who steal their ideas . |
| 21 | ‘ Naturally we 're hoping that you 'll continue to use your skills on the front line , so to speak , but the advertising department are hoping to use you for a bit of company PR . |
| 22 | They are trying to prepare themselves for a flight to the North Pole . |
| 23 | she 's been trying to get something for the mother of the bride . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't imagine what she wants , ’ Joanna said , ‘ unless , having quarelled with Robert , she 's going to ask you for a job . ’ |
| 25 | Well , he 's going to do something for the programme and I 'm doing something for TSB . |
| 26 | This is not going to disappear overnight , it 's going to affect her for a long time , and she 's never going to catch up on the work that she 's missed over the last couple of months by having seven teachers in six weeks . |
| 27 | So that you 've got a vague idea of er what 's going to befall you for the rest of today ? |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , but nobody 's going to consider you for a junior post any more . ’ |
| 29 | And it well you 're meant to get fifteen pound are n't you , he 's meant to pay you for the work ? |
| 30 | Slinkton is planning to murder her for the insurance money , and Sampson contrives to warn her of her danger during an interview on the sands . |