Example sentences of "he be [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , the squatter lost — and would have lost even had he been there for the twelve years . |
| 2 | He is away for a few days , in the country . ’ |
| 3 | Summers was quoted in national newspapers as saying : ‘ If Sugar thinks we are a run of the mill first division club , he is in for a big shock . |
| 4 | Tony is er Professor of Economics at Cambridge and is a world renowned luminary in economic circles and er he 's , he 's here for the next week as a special professor and er is giving a number of lectures er most of which are open to , to all , to all students and he is a very famous economist , very clever chap you know if you can get to see him I , I 'd reco I 'd recommend it erm presuma there may be a sort of programme of his visit stuck up on the student notice boards erm , if there is n't er he 's giving a , a lecture tomorrow two o'clock in B seventy four and that 's , that 's if , he is going to be talking to the M A students er taking Economic Development and Policy Analysis and his topic there is comparing income inequality and poverty in Europe erm so if you , you know , if you are free tomorrow at two it just might be interesting to go along to , feel free to go to B seventy four tomorrow at two o'clock . |
| 5 | ‘ How do you know he 's here for the whole summer ? ’ |
| 6 | So MacDonald reckons he 's in for a hard night at Broomfield on Tuesday . |
| 7 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 8 | He was also for the first time vaguely troubled about the DIA 's priorities in the Middle East , particularly with respect to the Western hostages in Beirut . |
| 9 | He was up for a western , and he had the long hair , but after school he went to a barber and had his head shaved . |
| 10 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
| 11 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 12 | He was in for a big surprise if he thought he was still dealing with the impressionable , easygoing young girl he had married ! |
| 13 | Well , she felt in a fighting mood , and if he thought that he could make a fool of her in front of his girlfriend then he was in for a big surprise . |
| 14 | His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart . |