Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [pron] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , Charlie , you 've done it now , because she 's been after you for years . |
| 2 | But it 's the nasty business of disposing of stock , and having to fire men who 've been with me for years . |
| 3 | He had a house in Gloucestershire and another at Kensington Palace , and staff who had been with him for years , accustomed to his simple and masculine lifestyle and accustomed to ruling it . |
| 4 | He let his house in Chelsea furnished for the year , with the usual proviso that his own staff should remain to run it — he has a housekeeper who has been with him for years , and one daily maid . |
| 5 | Vaguely she wondered why the daily woman who had been with them for years had not put in an appearance before now , and listened in vain for the cheerful clatter of tea-cups in the passage outside . |
| 6 | Defamation , blasphemy and sedition have been with us for centuries , but in recent years new rods have been fashioned and old ones polished for editorial backs : breach of confidence , contempt of court , official secrecy , " D " notices , incitement to disaffection , prevention of terrorism , copyright — the grounds for censorship are legion . |
| 7 | His form 's been with you for ages . |
| 8 | That , no it 's not Colin he 's been in it for ages now . |
| 9 | Yes , aye there would be , just the same ladies that have s been in it for years . |
| 10 | During these early years children form attitudes and perceptions which will be with them for life and so we must nurture in the children those attitudes and values which will be with them for life and so we must nurture in the children those attitudes and values which will serve them in years to come . |
| 11 | During these early years children form attitudes and perceptions which will be with them for life and so we must nurture in the children those attitudes and values which will be with them for life and so we must nurture in the children those attitudes and values which will serve them in years to come . |
| 12 | Romania has only recently made abortion legal and Ceacescu 's legacy will be with them for decades . |
| 13 | She does n't understand why he should n't have to serve his sentence , when the sentence of fear he helped to impose on her , will be with her for life . |
| 14 | She does n't understand why he should n't have to serve his sentence , when the sentence of fear he helped to impose on her , will be with her for life . |
| 15 | The male , public school judiciary will be with us for years to come . |
| 16 | K. Just missed the train , but I 'll catch the half-past one and be with you for quarter past three , at the very latest . |
| 17 | Bob Watson will be with you for company . |
| 18 | It read : ‘ I am safe , I love you and will be with you for Christmas . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been over it for years . |
| 20 | Erm I do n't know I have n't been to them for ages now |
| 21 | They 've got people who 've been on it for years and years . |
| 22 | So that created a problem and we then found that a number of people were leaving Brothers to seek their fortunes elsewhere because the work that they liked to work on and you know traditionally they 'd been on it for years , er was no longer there and er subsequently there was a slip in the numbers employed . |
| 23 | You were at it for years before the others about millions being made from speculation . |
| 24 | She 's been at him for years . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , I have ; but when he confronts Richard he will be told that he could be taken to court ; he 's been at me for years . |
| 26 | Anyway , the Wild Wood is seething with them , and in its endless darkness the beasties multiply ; they 've no enemies to control them , and they 've been at it for centuries ! |
| 27 | She 's probably been at it for years . ’ |
| 28 | And you need n't have any feeling of compunction about him , for he 's been at it for years on the side , and you know it . |
| 29 | That 's about it for July — if the weather is lovely do n't give up the knitting — carry the machine out in the garden and work under the shade of a tree . |
| 30 | That things remain unconscious , not because you never knew about them , but because they 're never brought into the relevant connections with other things that make you conscious of the thing in the sense of seeing what 's in it for Mrs you know , reports . |