Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah it 's been for sale for a long time . |
| 2 | It 's been for sale for ages has n't it ? |
| 3 | That 's been for sale for some time , long as I can remember practic just imagine you 'd be in the catchment area for would n't that be fun , there 's Jason . |
| 4 | She had been off work for several days and Lovebird had kept her in bed and fed her chicken soup from the stove . |
| 5 | He had an accident at work and has been off work for two weeks . |
| 6 | Patrick had fallen off a ladder over a year and a half ago and had been off work for much of that time . |
| 7 | Well I 've been off work for a bit and got back to a massive 156 messages from the group ! |
| 8 | Anyway the workload gradually increased until I found I could n't continue any longer and have been off work for the last six months . |
| 9 | He had been off drugs for three months . |
| 10 | He 'd been off drugs for six months when he died in that fire . ’ |
| 11 | Both pilots had been off duty for a period of approximately thirty-five hours prior to the trans-Atlantic flight and had flown a total of just over seven hours on the day of the accident . |
| 12 | These carvings have been off display for many years as it was discovered that atmospheric pollution , even within the museum , was eating away at the stone . |
| 13 | Consequently there is no topic that is off limits for discussion , even if a few are off limits for experimentation . |
| 14 | I mean I think that there still are quite a few areas that are off limits for women , but in those areas where women have gained admittance , have they gained acceptance ? |
| 15 | The bottom line with the café owner has always been about payments for car parking but it becomes a problem if the establishment is closed more than it is open . |
| 16 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 17 | Have you been of work for a while then with the dreaded flu ? ? . i hope your little one did not catch it it is a particularly strong virus that is going around at the moment . |
| 18 | How do we attempt to deduce some general guidelines from his history and teaching which are of relevance for us today ? |
| 19 | It is important for us to consider whether it contains principles which are of value for us today . |
| 20 | At one moment we shall be talking in terms of billions of years and billions of light years ; at the next we shall focus on events that are of importance for only billionths of a second involving particles so small that it is misleading to think of them as material objects . |
| 21 | Production shipments of the 68160 are of set for the fourth quarter ; no pricing at yet . |
| 22 | If you 're off work for a long time , Abbey 's going to pay the premiums for you , until you get well again . |
| 23 | The gist of the words were , you 're under arrest for harbouring an escapee and he replied along the lines of you 've got ta be joking mate . |
| 24 | You 're under arrest for , for having shot that |
| 25 | So you 're under arrest for taking it off |
| 26 | They 're in camp for a holiday |
| 27 | ‘ They 're in Italy for ten days . |
| 28 | If you 're in London for Valentine 's and you want to make sure your hair is looking good and feeling fab for that hot date then go along to the Schumi salon in Belgravia . |
| 29 | WE 'RE IN IT FOR KICKS ! |
| 30 | They 're in Oxford for a preview of Scrooge the musical … what 's been billed at the hottest show outside of London . |