Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MINISTERS are bracing themselves for the release of unemployment figures on Thursday which are expected to go over the three million mark . |
| 2 | And I think that is the message which I want to get over to you , because if you can find that way to tread that difficult line which is there in our society which is over-protective , over-secretive , which is concerned about not not letting people unless they 're of a certain rank , level or certain job , speak out publicly unless you can break through it I think you 're actually , first of all , denying something for yourselves , and that you 're denying something for the public at large . |
| 3 | We 're ignoring them for the moment . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you . |
| 5 | He thinks that I am selling her for the night . |
| 6 | It er we are expecting him for the course on that date . |
| 7 | ‘ They pay me , ’ he says , before qualifying his statement : ‘ I am doing it for the love of my art . |
| 8 | ‘ I hoped that perhaps you had been doing something for the welfare of these poor peoples , ’ persisted Daisy . |
| 9 | Now one of the things th we find that when we play an Adam Faith record , we tend to be singing it for the rest of the day you know , like What Do You Want |
| 10 | Should n't I be compensating someone for the loss of the Seren ? ’ |
| 11 | The man who constantly criticises may be trying to change you into the person he wants you to be , when he should be loving you for the person you are . |
| 12 | I 'm growing them for the wedding , they 'll have to get cut because I break them . |
| 13 | Because I 'll be doing it for the rest of my life now . |
| 14 | ‘ I gather you 're going to be joining us for the world cruise ? ’ |
| 15 | It 's all I 'm giving you for the moment : I seem to be embarrassing my client . |
| 16 | ‘ Tommy Cook , I 'm arresting you for the murder of Christopher Jabelman … ‘ |
| 17 | I 'll be needing it for the rest of the day , ’ Bishop said . |
| 18 | ‘ Joseph Shill , I am arresting you for the murder of your wife , Maria Shill , at Windsor , on 19th December . ’ |
| 19 | Amid the disillusionment felt by some , that the minority of farmers are spoiling it for the rest in not keeping the environment clean , one manufacturer at least , hopes not dampened by the weather , felt there was room for optimism . |
| 20 | while country areas were bracing themselves for the influx of tragic refugees or louse-infested slave labour , depending on the children 's luck . |
| 21 | While all you fairweather golfers were fattening yourselves for the spring sunshine , I was running 15 miles a week in an effort to gain the necessary fitness for a 27-tournament season . |
| 22 | The repeated attacks of this last disease were to trouble him for the rest of his life . |
| 23 | In the field of computer printers companies are readying themselves for the challenge of Europe , Lyndhurst West previews the starting grid . |
| 24 | ‘ Cup places are up for grabs and I 'll be watching carefully tomorrow to see if any player is saving himself for the semi-final , ’ said Malone . |
| 25 | even though she 's getting it for the technology . |
| 26 | The Wantage white horses swim club are off to the Palace tomorrow … that 's the Crystal one … world number one Mark Foster is coaching them for the day … |
| 27 | No well she had this special thing so it 's done the trick so she has n't worn it yet though , I think she 's doing it for the wedding ai n't she ? |
| 28 | He 's doing it for the challenge . |
| 29 | He 's taking it for the meeting tomorrow . |
| 30 | Mr Thornton said : ‘ Our aim is to have something for the golfing world to see in July 1995 when the Open Championship is staged at St Andrews . ’ |