Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely , she mused , it had n't been raining long enough for the water levels to rise that far , and even though the middle of the week had proved consistently wet she felt confident she would arrive at the cottage long before the possibility became a reality . |
| 2 | Believe me , I know — I have reason to know now , for while you were gone I 've tried it and am waiting even now for the blow to fall ! — that there is no future for me in the world I left behind so long ago . ’ |
| 3 | And while it 's very reassuring that schools have n't changed too much — I do n't think we want everything to change overnight — I think you could say that schools are open to the same criticism as of British industry at the moment , that they are institutions which perhaps are changing too slowly for the demands of the modern world . |
| 4 | The interpretation they suggest is that the compositions of the trusts were changing too quickly for the adjustment procedure . |
| 5 | he is just like me he 's brain is going too fast for the pencil |
| 6 | Houghton convinced himself he was searching so avidly for the match that he was almost willing himself to find it . |
| 7 | Then reverse curves were coming up and the train ran through the first curve but was going too fast for the next one and the train left the track , killing certainly the driver and fireman and one or two passengers , I believe . |
| 8 | This was going too far for the established church in both Rome and Nicaragua , with the result that the Pope called for their resignation . |
| 9 | I d I could only glanced at it as I drove past cos the traffic was moving fairly quickly for the lights there you know . |
| 10 | Recording a verdict of accidental death deputy coroner Andrew Tweddle said evidence showed Mr Still was travelling too quickly for the road conditions . |