Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb base] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
| 2 | From the mid-'50s , where we 've been for quite some time , we 're suddenly into the '60s , 1961 in fact , and a finger-picked instrumental written by Chet Atkins , entitled Trambone . |
| 3 | I think members will probably by now , be aware that a decision has been taken to leave the offices in Bedford Square where we have been for so many years . |
| 4 | He and his wife , Nellie , live in a Home in an outer city suburb where they 've been for fifteen months . |
| 5 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |
| 6 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly . |
| 10 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 11 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 12 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 15 | All that you behold is for the most part , simply broadcasting equipment . |
| 16 | And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing . |
| 17 | All that we ask is for sufficient land so that we may then help ourselves . |
| 18 | Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years . |
| 19 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 20 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 21 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Couples is a naturally high flighter of the ball and that , together with his length , is an advantage at Augusta , particularly since everyone seems to agree that the greens are firmer than they have been for years . |
| 23 | And trade unions , though obviously weakened by Thatcherism , are indubitably more popular institutions than they have been for decades . |
| 24 | FARM policy reforms agreed by EC members leave farming industry prospects brighter than they have been for years , Agriculture Minister John Gummer told the Commons last night . |
| 25 | Persian rugs still possess an undoubted mystique , and are generally more expensive than those from other countries , but price differentials have been steadily eroding , and they are now generally cheaper in comparison to rugs from other countries than they have been for decades . |
| 26 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |
| 27 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 28 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
| 29 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 30 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |