Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean if you speak three different languages you could use three different words to put the same sort of thought of a picture dog , chien , hound there 's probably an Italian and a and that but if you speak the languages then different words different codes if you like are for the same idea . |
| 2 | Ferguson senior added : ‘ All I ask is for the United fans to judge him on what he does on the pitch and not as the manager 's son . |
| 3 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I took it up as a form of exercise in Germany , where I 've been for the past two years , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 5 | ‘ Ethel turned me into a frog and that 's where I 've been for the last day , and it was her fault . |
| 6 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |
| 7 | That 's where we 've been for the last twenty years so erm this company er that was already doing it and we bought it into the er into the fold . |
| 8 | Surely they 've been for the last four years and they must or do they just keep it at eighty one then they go to ninety ? |
| 9 | Some of the Government 's changes have been for the better . |
| 10 | And would it be impolite of me to enquire exactly where you and the other officers have been for the last eight hours ? ’ |
| 11 | Obviously the standards are not satisfactory but they are the same as they have been for the last 30 years and they are of Mr Pritchard 's choosing . |
| 12 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Considerable amounts are being spent on replacing them with better services , and have been for the past few years . |