Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the hunt must be on for tryp-killing drug molecules which will actually penetrate into the choroid epithelium . |
| 2 | Yeah but just phone up and just be on for more , more than a minute , you know , would n't be so bad but you start hanging about . |
| 3 | Well before Cordoba made his debut over today 's course two months ago , his name was being whispered behind many a well-respected hand as the one to be on for next year 's 2000 Guineas . |
| 4 | Everyone will be down for early breakfast . |
| 5 | Cook and Joan would not be down for another hour yet , so she made herself a cup of coffee on the gas stove . |
| 6 | About eight o'clock he says be down , be in for eight o'clock . |
| 7 | Yeah oh yeah I did n't work anywhere else in Willenhall at all , and erm but we 'd got to be in for seven o'clock and if erm you were n't in for seven o'clock and sometimes I used to hear the bell began ringing when I got to go around the corner and get into the , but you had to wait a quarter of an hour before they would let you in and that was stopped off your money and my wage was eight and fourpence a week . |
| 8 | ‘ Looks like we 're going to be in for some pretty flamboyant fielding from the West Indies ’ |
| 9 | We could be in for some dramatic sea level changes because of climatic change ; volcanic action could have quite a bearing on that . |
| 10 | Faced with those kind of possible reductions in service , if there is a penny one penny more than necessary spent on administration and bureaucracy wherever it is in the youth and community programme that is gon na be less money for front line vision and the Labour group can have to think very , very carefully about that and the issue is gon na be that if we 're spending too much money or if they 're coming back to supplementary estimates which wo n't be available er given the financial situation next year if we 're having two heads of centres or whatever when we could have one that is gon na mean less money for front line services to the people of Highfields and there 'll only be one group that will be responsible for that , if that does come about and I think that 's something that we all need to bear in mind because what we were told as members of that committee is that the youth and community budget is gon na be in for some very serious times in the future and it 's mainly the government 's fault because of the way they 've decided to re-organise the situation it 's going out of our hands into the control of an unelected body and like most members of this council I think we would oppose that but that 's the reality of the situation and I could not support any increase of funds er for any community centres if I knew it was simply gon na be spent on administration . |
| 11 | AGONY Aunt Marje Proops , who confessed to an adulterous 30-year affair with a bachelor lawyer , may be in for more agony still . |
| 12 | So it seems Wimbledon , who have cashed in on £12 million of talent since winning the FA Cup in l988 , could be in for more money . |
| 13 | Watching him , Polly saw his jaw tighten , but all he said was , ‘ It looks as if we might be in for another blow . ’ |
| 14 | We could be in for another round of musical manager 's chairs |
| 15 | He wo n't be in for another oh God knows . |
| 16 | I mean I do n't know when he 's , he might not be in for another two or three hours , I do n't , I really do n't know . |
| 17 | But on Sunday this highlife of glittering gold and glamour will be over for good . |
| 18 | Britain 's biggest Building Society says the worst could be over for hard pressed mortgage payers . |
| 19 | The worst may soon be over for Australian wool farmers . |
| 20 | THE ‘ Antiques Roadshow ’ may be over for another year but the affection for collectibles continues with bargains still being unearthed in the most unusual of places . |
| 21 | Well , the Gold Cup meeting may be over for another year , but two of the most popular racehorses for decades were back at Cheltenham today to compete against each other for charity . |
| 22 | By 1916 it had become obvious that the war was not likely to be over for some time and the government round that it was necessary to introduce military conscription in place of voluntary conscription , in order to ensure replacement of the thousands of soldiers being killed and wounded on the battlefields . |
| 23 | It wo n't be over for any of us until the people who make war have been destroyed . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ On November 1 they told us that normal Christmas arrangements would apply — that we would work for most of the holiday period — then they dropped this bombshell on November 22 and said we would be off for two weeks . |
| 25 | He gets married next month and one of his first tasks yesterday was to inform his wife-to-be that four days after they return from their honeymoon he 'll be off for two months on a 13-game tour . |
| 26 | yeah he looked a bit bad but if you 're off for one you might as well be off for two ai n't ya ? |
| 27 | So , I mean what I would suggest is er I do n't know is John anticipated to be off for some time do you think ? |
| 28 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 29 | THE game could soon be up for some of the Beeb 's quiz shows . |
| 30 | Vreni Schneider , Switzerland 's defending World Cup overall champion , could be out for two weeks after suffering a knee injury during downhill training in Colorado .. |