Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we should have all what we 're going to have in for the bazaar thing , . |
| 2 | By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September . |
| 3 | I say to him [ husband ] I 'm going to clear off for the day and you can do it all one day , and you 'll see what it 's like . |
| 4 | A couple of weeks later , just as most of the officers and men of the Allied Screening Commission in Verona were preparing to go off for the weekend to the country , an enormous , chauffeur-driven Fiat motor car with a flag on the front of it rolled up in the drive . |
| 5 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 6 | It is understood that South African premier , F W De Klerk , is planning to fly in for the game , which could spark a resurgence of anti-apartheid demonstrations . |
| 7 | It was n't just here and now , he was part of the past and he was going to sign up for the WEA history and archaeology classes . |
| 8 | It was a suspiciously long letter for someone who seldom wrote any , and when Rain was waiting to set off for the office he was still tapping away at it . |
| 9 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |