Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their eyes locked together for an instant , and Alyssia felt suddenly dizzy , as though the breath had been knocked out of her , then she regained her self-control , and replied politely , ‘ I 'll be down for lunch . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Uncle Jake says we 've to be down for breakfast in a quarter of an hour . ’ |
| 3 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 4 | If you had a face like that you 'd be down for plastic surgery tomorrow would n't you ? |
| 5 | Ooh , I 'll give you a ring if I 'm gon na be in for tea . |
| 6 | You 'll give me a ring if you 're gon na be in for tea ? |
| 7 | Remember I sha n't be in for supper . ’ |
| 8 | Thought I might be in for beri-beri and co . |
| 9 | Now , at the sight of the river , Bigwig 's assurance was leaking again and unless he , Hazel , could restore it in some way , they were likely to be in for trouble . |
| 10 | And we 'd be pouting away and arriving about five minutes past one and then we 'd be in for trouble then . |
| 11 | After that the question of Julia 's lunch was settled and she went straight back to the Campo San Maurizio to warn Annunziata that neither she nor David would be in for dinner . |
| 12 | ‘ Stella wo n't be in for dinner , ’ he said in a low voice . |
| 13 | Well generally he comes up for dinner , but he ai n't today so he 'll be Rhys will come , be in for dinner , he 'll turn up about three , and they sometimes stay , we sometimes play game in the afternoon , board game or something , it depends |
| 14 | Oh so you 'll be off for Easter Mike will you ? |
| 15 | We 'll all be up for child rape . |
| 16 | Some will be up for re-election in two years . |
| 17 | before they went back , and er , I ca n't remember whether I told them to get one or whether they should be up for Easter . |
| 18 | Yeah and I suppose it 's always going to be up for sort of negotiation , I mean I |
| 19 | So , surely there could be no objection to someone taking a look at a place that would soon be up for sale anyway ? |
| 20 | Although Portland ( a Thomson subsidiary ) and Tjaebourg itself seemed to be doing well , in 1985 the British Airways subsidiary Martin Rook was rumoured to be up for disposal , with an uncertain future . |
| 21 | • It seems that Danielle Dax 's ‘ Pop Eyes ’ , once a contender in the NME indie charts , could also be up for re-release through WSD . |
| 22 | That 's entirely up to him what we do but I shall be up for dinner you know and sort of see you and then if Geoff wants to leave early , we will . |
| 23 | The return matches will be played in Blackburn on the weekend of March 13th when Blackburn 's St Mary 's College will be out for revenge . |
| 24 | It 's a four CD package and should be out for Christmas . |
| 25 | ‘ This house will be watched , make no mistake about it , we shall be out for blood . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But pop a poulet in the pot for me , and I 'll be back for lunch . |
| 27 | I do n't know how she coped , they say — Rich telling her he 'd be back for lunch and not turning up till dinner and then with Stanley or some other pals . |
| 28 | ‘ I shall be back for lunch ! ’ |
| 29 | The meeting does n't finish until seven , so I sha n't be back for supper ’ , then he would have avoided a painful homecoming and an upset spouse . |
| 30 | She called to her to say she 'd be back for tea , and went out to catch the bus . |