Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [adv] for a " in BNC.

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1 While at the city 's Royal Hospital , he took a detour to the maternity ward , where he caused one woman to laugh so much that she had to be whisked away quickly for a premature birth .
2 In a later issue the magazine allowed its pages to be used once more for a final farewell to the controversy and an epilogue to it .
3 Awards can usually be set aside only for an error of law on the face of the award or for misconduct on the arbitrator 's part ( Meyer v Leanse [ 1958 ] 2 QB 371 ; [ 1958 ] 3 All ER 213 ; and Leung v Garbett [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 436 ) .
4 Then it 's time to slide into bed for a few hours ' sleep , to be woken once again for a patrol that will signal the start of a new day .
5 Individual works may be studied more carefully for a catalogue entry than ever before .
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