Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 2 | It proved to be a surprisingly accurate account of what in the event did happen , and is outlined here to illustrate the way in which , in one corner of Oxfordshire , changes which had been argued over for a decade could be effected in a relatively short time . |
| 3 | You 're stood up for a number of offenses , the first of which is that on the twenty first of June nineteen eighty eight you , on the public road way in Accrington Road Worley used the mechanics of the vehicle when there was an excise licence in force , it 's an offence of the vehicles excise act in nineteen seventy one . |
| 4 | These Accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks ended on 27th March 1993 and the comparative figures stated are in respect of a period of 52 weeks ended on 28th March 1992 . |
| 5 | A twenty year old man has been called in for a chat with an inspector . |
| 6 | Within minutes the car was free , and before I could thank the young farmer I 'd been invited back for a cup of tea and some hot broth . |
| 7 | The forces of Chaos are driven back for a time and a fragile peace descends on Ulthuan . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's been laid up for a while with a problem in the starting mechanism , but a friend is now completing a repair job for me , and we hope to be up and running again soon , ’ explained Gordon , pictured with the vehicle 's log-book . |
| 9 | This was a house where four IRA men , surrounded by the police , had been holed up for a number of days . |
| 10 | UB may be pencilled in for a show in the King 's Hall on January |
| 11 | A client is not easily detached from a solicitor who has been handling his affairs over a period of years , but a comparatively mild solicitation may deprive an insurance broker of valuable business which otherwise might safely be reckoned on for a period . |
| 12 | This is especially applicable for those that are not yet ready to drink and therefore need to be laid down for a year or more . |
| 13 | It is very tough to be left out for a rookie like Steve Ojomoh . ’ |
| 14 | Shirts that left Comme des Garçons with a one-hundred-pound price tag will be knocked down for a bargain price ; and a man 's shirt that looks good on a woman will cost more than the men-only variety . |
| 15 | Last season a referee allowed himself to be wired up for a League match at The Den to record some of the things he had to put up with from players . |
| 16 | There has been reference in the Selby area for the likelihood that land initially allocated for industry will in fact be taken up for a supermarket . |
| 17 | Unless you have married a man who is unusually attached to his mother ( which is another matter altogether ) , it will be unlikely to occur to your husband that he needs to do anything more to make his mother happy than to be a kind and dutiful son , who has given her sanctuary in his own home in her later years ; but if he is a man of feeling , it will not be difficult to persuade him of her need for his company : her need to be taken out for a run in the car with him alone sometimes , to be kissed when he kisses you when he gets home in the evening , and occasionally to be brought a bunch of flowers instead of you . |
| 18 | And you never say you 'd like to be taken out for a change , or ring him up when you want a bit of company ? ’ |
| 19 | She was obviously impatient to be taken out for a spin even though there was hardly puff enough to stir her anemometer . |
| 20 | During this time conditions were to be worked out for a monitoring scheme and new quota system , which was expected to allow renewed exploitation of certain stocks , notably of minke whales . |
| 21 | Pétain , he recommended , should now be put in command not only of the Left Bank , but of the Right Bank as well ; the ‘ fatigued ’ General Herr should be kept on for a while as Pétain 's adviser , then quietly ‘ limogé ’ . |
| 22 | They could get quite boisterous and reckless , especially during the early days , when they would be shut in for a while . |
| 23 | These 85 patients have been followed up for a total of 583 person-years . |
| 24 | Of seven patients whose percutaneous cholecystolithotomy failed because of residual cystic duct stones , only two were advised to undergo cholecystectomy and the remainder have been followed up for a median of 14 months . |
| 25 | Some of the manuscript has been saved because it had been printed off for a friend to proof-read . |
| 26 | Almost every word has been put in for a purpose and needs to be commented upon . |
| 27 | But Thomas has been lined up for a return in Sunday 's FA Cup third round tie at Bolton Wanderers . |
| 28 | Revised proposals are expected from the Commission later this year , before they are put back for a second reading at the European Parliament . |
| 29 | SUSAN DEVOY , seven times champion and top seed , and Sue Wright , the English girl who ended the New Zealander 's run last year , are lined up for a revenge meeting in the quarter-finals of the Hi-Tec British Open Championships . |
| 30 | Similarly , children who are gifted perhaps in dance are taken out for a master class and so on . |