Example sentences of "be a [noun sg] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People tend at first to treat you as if you 're a journalist looking for Guinness connections . ’ |
| 2 | Further , there has not been a date allocated for the future although its replacement is expected to run in April . |
| 3 | She had thought he might have called , but there had n't even been a message left for her . |
| 4 | But in terms of Defence and Overseas policy there had been a price to pay for these successes . |
| 5 | The point to bear in mind is that all that glisters is not gold , and there has been a price to pay for all the splendour . |
| 6 | There had always been a trap waiting for him somewhere along the way when Isambard loosed the reins a little , and it would be the same now . |
| 7 | This could have been a vengeance slaying for the killing of Peada forty years before , allegedly by the treachery of his wife , Ealhflaed , the sister of Osthryth ( HE 111 , 21 , 24 ) , but no further details are known . |
| 8 | Rosemary Cargill ( Mrs Raza ) has since 1986 been a journalist writing for a current affairs publication . |
| 9 | ‘ For the moment at least they are a solution looking for a problem . |
| 10 | but I 'm a bit pushed for time |
| 11 | and they assured us there would be a bit incorporated for audio description , so what it was , was half of us entrance into the lighted sound box , cut off , it was a , sort of triangular , but erm , to see out the window |
| 12 | There would be a price to pay for this abandonment . |
| 13 | It may be a boundary drawn for the toddler 's safety ( ‘ You are not to go out of the front gate ’ ) ; it may be to do with the teenager 's wellbeing ( ‘ You do an hour 's homework ’ or ‘ You have to tell me who you 're out with and where you 'll be ’ ) . |
| 14 | In the case of a fixed date action to which Ord 17 , r 11 does not apply the return day must , unless the court otherwise directs , be a day fixed for a pre-trial review ( Ord 3 , r 3(3) ) . |
| 15 | It should be a day to remember for Chapman , who has been in the business for 30 years . |
| 16 | It sounds as if the virus is com , is impossible to hold down , could there be a vaccine created for such a changing virus ? |
| 17 | There 'll be a radiologist waiting for us . ’ |
| 18 | The political background was likely to be a country clamouring for tougher punishments and wanting to be convinced that crime will be dealt with , while expert reports called for less resort to prison sentencing . |
| 19 | I suspect that we will find that John Major is both pro-active and reaction , because in the next few months erm up to some time before June nineteen ninety two , there has to be a manifesto produced for the next election , and I think it 's in that you will probably see the pro-active side of John Major and his colleagues . |
| 20 | Or you may be a carer looking for help to enable you to take a break , either for regular short spells , or to go on holiday or in an emergency . |
| 21 | Speaking before the ASEAN standing committee in September 1984 , the Malaysian Foreign Minister declared that it would be a mistake to wait for a solution to the Kampuchean problem before making attempts to implement the idea of the zone of peace , freedom and neutrality . |
| 22 | Firstly , there could be a tendency to go for the ‘ lowest skill ’ option in the selection of new technology , in order to reduce training costs and to ensure that existing employees can cope . |
| 23 | ‘ I had n't realised that I needed to be a hypochondriac to qualify for your — affections . ’ |
| 24 | Whereas in one , an iron axehead may be a tool used for woodworking and cutting down trees , in another it may be a unit of value — a cow might be worth two axeheads , for example . |
| 25 | There 's going to be a lot to do for a holiday . ’ |
| 26 | This is expected to be a ballot calling for industrial action . |
| 27 | I thought there might be a vacancy occurring for a programme editor and wrote , maybe a little presumptuously : " I think I could be the man for the job . " |
| 28 | To measure or assess processes there has to be a strategy adopted for sampling from what is an infinite population . |
| 29 | There will be a barge waiting for you but do n't cross unless you see the lights . |
| 30 | Sickness may be considered to be a punishment inflicted for neglect of certain taboos . |