Example sentences of "[be] coming [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh they 're coming here for Christmas . |
| 2 | Look , they 're coming out for play time . |
| 3 | Home Office minister David Mellor says the fact that the official figure is starting to catch up shows that more people are coming forward for help . |
| 4 | Must be coming up for school dinner-time . ’ |
| 5 | You said I 'll phone you if I 'm coming in for tea ! |
| 6 | The three year contracts that Lyall and McGiven signed in the summer of 1990 were coming up for expiry so the Town board have been working to keep their highly successful pair with the club to put a stop to speculation and rumours that were beginning to start . |
| 7 | Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct . |
| 8 | The housemaid said to me that the daughter and son-in-law were coming down for Easter ( I 've often had a laugh over this ) ; and she said : |
| 9 | The Ikon Gallery , whose lease is coming up for renewal in February 1993 , is studying the possibility of taking over a Victorian school next to the International Convention Centre . |
| 10 | It is thought that there might , it might have remained in the hands of some diplomats who were transferring it , and there were two of these issues , there is one in a private collection at present , so this is a second one , and number eight which is coming out for sale , but the number seven did change hands er a couple of years ago , so at about fifty five thousand pounds I believe . |
| 11 | And you never know when your husband is coming home for dinner , or if he 's coming home alone , or with his secretary or with a friend — I mean , you have nothing in your life to plan , not even that night , let alone the next day or the weekend . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's coming up for midnight , ’ said Shirley , with some relief , pointing at the quartz carriage clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 13 | ‘ You know the land that 's coming up for auction ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Ilsa 's coming over for supper . ’ |
| 15 | The governors had effectively decided at an emergency meeting on Tuesday night that Mr Birt should stay but question marks still hung over the future of Mr Hussey , especially as the BBC 's General Advisory Council recommended on Wednesday that he should go for effectively bringing the BBC into disrepute at a time when its charter was coming up for renegotiation . |
| 16 | British Rail 's diesel stock was coming up for replacement and we needed to decide whether to reinvest in diesel equipment or to invest in electrification . |
| 17 | The rather unco-operative harbourmaster intervened and said he was coming alongside for water and that we should get out . |