Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [be] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , all the competitors had to blow into what resembled a gas meter and the capacity of the lung was recorded , I failed to see the point of this exercise , and that , with other medical experiements , only fired my resolve to upset the doctors ' wager , which I believe was for a box of cigars . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | Just even I 've been for a wee ! |
| 4 | I 'm just getting now because erm erm I 've been for an aud not an audition . |
| 5 | I 've been for an interview with Mencap . |
| 6 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 7 | Boozy Dennett — who earns £600 a week with his dummy Chick — added : ‘ I have been for a walk to have a think and went back , but it 's getting worse . ’ |
| 8 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
| 9 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 10 | You 've been for a walk eh ? |
| 11 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |
| 12 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |