Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
| 2 | For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time . |
| 3 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 4 | She explained that Lazaris came through to her via a medium who went into a trance , and had been helping her for the previous eight years . |
| 5 | He 'd been using it for the Open . |
| 6 | He said , ‘ No , I have statements , I have witnesses and we 've been surveying you for the last four months . ’ |
| 7 | Short had been saving him for the Ascot race . |
| 8 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 9 | They 're saving them for the Open . ’ |
| 10 | We 're ignoring them for the moment . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you . |
| 12 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 13 | He thinks that I am selling her for the night . |
| 14 | That was it until handover on Monday , which she hoped would be enough time to shake off the cold that had been dogging her for the last couple of days . |
| 15 | Liz Ablewhite was offered , and graciously accepted , the Alethea Ward Scholarship in Natural Sciences ( an annual college award specifically designated by Dr Ward , 1853–1935 , for female students of medicine from the County of Yorkshire , her own home county ) , the goal towards which her mother had been directing her for the past ten years . |
| 16 | The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 . |
| 17 | It er we are expecting him for the course on that date . |
| 18 | ‘ They pay me , ’ he says , before qualifying his statement : ‘ I am doing it for the love of my art . |
| 19 | Now one of the things th we find that when we play an Adam Faith record , we tend to be singing it for the rest of the day you know , like What Do You Want |
| 20 | cummings and Edwin Morgan are , however , splendidly useful , and if practitioners keep coming across the same texts , it has to be remembered that students may very well be meeting them for the first time . |
| 21 | The man who constantly criticises may be trying to change you into the person he wants you to be , when he should be loving you for the person you are . |
| 22 | I 'm growing them for the wedding , they 'll have to get cut because I break them . |
| 23 | His primary task in the short term would be to mobilize it for the regional elections in March . |
| 24 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 25 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 26 | Because I 'll be doing it for the rest of my life now . |
| 27 | ‘ … and this is Folly , who will be joining us for the first time this weekend . |
| 28 | ‘ I gather you 're going to be joining us for the world cruise ? ’ |
| 29 | It 's all I 'm giving you for the moment : I seem to be embarrassing my client . |
| 30 | ‘ Tommy Cook , I 'm arresting you for the murder of Christopher Jabelman … ‘ |