Example sentences of "if you be [verb] for the " in BNC.
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1 | First decide whether you wish to make a portrait or landscape design , and check that the card will stand up properly if you are opting for the latter shape . |
2 | ‘ I will give you a minute , no more , to tell me if you are working for the British Government or another . |
3 | IT looks more like an obelisk than a hotel , but if you 're looking for the unusual and eccentric , the 218-ft Sway Tower piercing the New Forest skyline could be yours for £1million . |
4 | If you 're looking for the perfect Valentine 's prezzie for your perfect man that 's just a bit different check these out ! |
5 | If you 're looking for the perfect summer dress , how about this flattering style with full skirt and neatly-belted waist ? |
6 | If you 're heading for the Paris Disney during the Easter holidays , how can you beat the queues ? |
7 | well you usually do , so I 'm wondering if you 're going for the , you know , your , the usual performance |
8 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
9 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
10 | Well , if you were looking for the qualities Elinor had displayed in their years together , you could probably only have done better by marrying a man-eating tiger . |
11 | If you were preparing for the paper to which the above chart refers , it would obviously be very foolish to enter the examination without a very full understanding of topics 1a , 4 and 5 ( six years out of seven ) , but it would be equally foolish to assume that you need pay no attention to 11 ( two years out of seven ) . |