Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are delighted that is willing to stand again for election as Hon. Treasurer , but she feels it would be in the Society 's interest to have an Assistant Treasurer who would become familiar with our accounting methods and be able to take over should be away for a short period . |
| 2 | A satisfactory duration period depends on the size of your LIFESPAN database but an 8 hour period should be enough for an average sized database . |
| 3 | They also include brief summaries of what has gone before , or even direct repetition of key points , though this must be clearly for the benefit of the reader , not just to fill up space . |
| 4 | I thought you might be away for the weekend . ’ |
| 5 | She thinks she 'll be away for a week and I 've been wondering who I could get to look after the house . " |
| 6 | Paul Sillitoe says they 'll be away for a month and walking to Everest base Camp … and he 's looking forward to it |
| 7 | Well , I 'll tell you one thing , Monday 's not gon na be wonderful for me , I 've got to go into hospital for a little operation er b but seriously , I 'll be out on Tuesday , but I 'll , I 'll be away for the week er , because the Doc said do n't come back to , to work till a week on Monday , so I 'll , I 'll try and listen if I can , but what have you got for us ? |
| 8 | You 'll be here for a while ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll be here for a while yet . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll be here for the court case , ’ he returned calmly . |
| 11 | When the coach started to roll I said , " Well , I guess we 'll be together for a while . " |
| 12 | ‘ That 'll be all for the moment , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I 'll be there for a few hours . ’ |
| 14 | They 'll be there for the day . " |
| 15 | He 'll be there for the England match so keep an eye out for him ( for those who do n't know what he looks like he 's the spitting image of Eric Cantona — this is true , honest ) . |
| 16 | I 'd be all for the change because there 's logic in it . |
| 17 | Petitions may be either for the outright rejection of the order or its amendment . |
| 18 | Paris fashions may be just for the rich , but the rest of us can enjoy beauty products from the designers . |
| 19 | We may be here for an hour or two so you can go on home if you wish . |
| 20 | Two ties may be enough for a 3ft ( 0.9m ) stem , a 4 or 5ft ( 1.2 or 1.5m ) stem will require three , and maybe even a fourth if you also need to pull in a bent stem so that it can be held straight to grow out of its misshapen state gradually . |
| 21 | A sketch with a few rough dimensions may be enough for a man to trim some timber into a frame for a house . |
| 22 | It may be enough for an investment trust to tempt investors by describing the opportunity area in broad terms , and inasmuch as this temptation continues to work then the early investors can sell out at a profit to the later ones . |
| 23 | The House of Lords disagreed and it is now the law that it may be enough for the transaction to contain an element of bounty if it is of the kind conferred by the exercise of a special power of appointment . |
| 24 | This may be so for the population of probationers generally but does not apply to the AEC sample . |
| 25 | No more than an hour passed before Jean-Claude came to me in the scullery and said he would be away for a few days . |
| 26 | So when Bernard rang and said that he and Colette would be away for a fortnight — would I like a break ? — I moved in to babysit their cottage by the sea . |
| 27 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 28 | As well as giving her cause to be anxious about Rosemary — whose parents would make life most uncomfortable for her if the rumours circulating the village ever reached them — it was a blow to know that Sebastian would be away for the rest of the year . |
| 29 | England was now at war with Hitler 's Germany , and would be so for the next six years . |
| 30 | I did n't answer the letter , but just counted the days and the hours until he would be home for the holidays ; they seemed interminable . |