Example sentences of "to be [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nursing staff on some of those areas that we would pick out — those would be the intensive care units , the children 's units , the delivery suites and special care baby units — the nursing staff actually have control of permits which they can issue to relatives who are going to be here for a great length of time , and if they so feel that these relatives should n't be charged , they give them a permit and they park in a staff area at no charge whatsoever . |
| 2 | I 've heard in fac er in my factory , I 've heard it in other places , right , when a temporary l temporary or casual worker goes down the road , or a part-timer work 's cut short , ah it 's only a casual and he only expected to be here for a few weeks . |
| 3 | To fit everything in here you have to be up for an early breakfast . |
| 4 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 5 | So far as I can see , unless there are fundamental changes in the British economy , the recession ai n't going to be over for a considerable time because the economy is in such a state . |
| 6 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 7 | Do you have to be there for a certain amount of time ? |
| 8 | Erm but they seemed to be there for a specific purpose , but the normal day to day |
| 9 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 10 | The bond which had drawn them so close before Angel 's birth was strong and sometimes Sarah longed to be back for a brief time in that dilapidated house in Stone Alley , free of the sanctimonious atmosphere of the rectory , until she remembered Maggie was n't there any more either . |
| 11 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
| 12 | Once again , even if the main points at issue had been side-stepped , the two countries were at peace , and had agreed to be so for a whole generation . |