Example sentences of "be [pron] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Groups of helenium , phlox and perennial gypsophila sown last year are now providing welcome colour and are my favourites for the house . |
| 2 | Those are my plans for the future , now it 's time for you to air your views . ’ |
| 3 | For what it 's worth , here are my predictions for the major categories : Best Film : Bugsy , Director : Barry Levinson , Best Actor : Nick Nolte , Best actress : Jodie Foster , Best supporting actor : Jack Palance , Best Supporting actress : Juliette Lewis , Best original screenplay : Bugsy . |
| 4 | here are my targets for the period , right ? |
| 5 | ‘ Jason has been my boss for the last year , and as far as I was concerned a reasonably good one . |
| 6 | What are my/our priorities for the coming term/year ? |
| 7 | Nanny stood on the bridge that spanned the ornamental lake and looked back at the beautiful house that had been her home for the last thirty years . |
| 8 | Three months pregnant , yesterday Shelley Williams lost her baby , today she returned from hospital what 's been her home for the last two months , a tent pitched on a grass verge outside the home of her boyfriend 's parents . |
| 9 | A tall ship which starred in the TV series the Onedin Line , has bid farewell to the docks which have been her home for the past ten years . |
| 10 | Having successfully struck out on his own in 1962 , he has since been involved with the South East London Society , and has been its treasurer for the past two years . |
| 11 | Are there opportunities for the public to see the health services at work ? |
| 12 | I registered in Room 304 which came to be my home for the next three years . |
| 13 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |
| 14 | ‘ Will you pretend to be my girlfriend for the next few months ? ’ |
| 15 | It was not long after the unearthing of the Phillips curve that economists and , later , policy makers came to grasp the full force of what they thought to be its implications for the conduct of demand management by the monetary and fiscal authorities . |
| 16 | She turned the corner and glanced up at the hoarding above the cinema 's portico , to see what was to be her fate for the next three hours . |
| 17 | Although invited by the Liberal Party to be their candidate for the Clapham Division 20 years ago or more , [ he ] was unable to accept the invitation , and contented himself with speaking for the Liberal or Progressive candidate at every available opportunity in many elections . |
| 18 | Rugby Union now , and Mark Eagon , the Oxford University rugby captain has invited Errol Norwitz who gained blues in 1988 and 1989 , to be his vice-captain for the coming term which includes the University 's pre-season tour of the Far East which began last week . |
| 19 | In 1885 he designed Max Gate , the house which was to be his home for the rest of his life , followed , in 1893 , by Talbothays for his brother Henry . |
| 20 | He was better placed in a university than in a school , and enjoyed more than he could have done in any other society the life of that great college , which was to be his home for the remainder of his life . |
| 21 | The child is receiving his direct physical care from a carefully selected woman who will be his nurse-cum-mother for the next few years . |
| 22 | My name is Howard DeVore and I 'm to be your host for the next eight hours . ’ |
| 23 | The I 'm your representative for the minster governors and I 'll be slipping out later on this evening if I may of the installation of the new headteacher , that will be seven minutes time so if you 'll excuse me . |
| 24 | The craft has been his hobby for the past years , and in that time he has seen it grow immensely in popularity . |
| 25 | He dragged himself from the clump of twitch-grass that had been his hiding-place for the last half hour , and shivering violently , set off on foot to the east . |
| 26 | What are his plans for the future ? |
| 27 | In their evidence to the Social Services Committee on the Griffiths Report , Evans and Maxwell concluded that its most far-reaching and radical aspects were its proposals for the central management of the service , with its promise of a new relationship between the DHSS and local health authorities and the change from passive to active management ( Evans and Maxwell 1984 ) . |
| 28 | The Salesian Sisters , who were their hostesses for the weekend , gave them a warm and friendly welcome , and the retreatants quickly settled down in the beautiful house . |
| 29 | What is much more difficult to know is what were his motives for the decision , and what he expected to be the likely outcome . |
| 30 | Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’ |