Example sentences of "be [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These proposals are basically for the completion of the earlier main line proposals of the Bishop 's Castle Railway . ) |
| 2 | They are along for the duration . |
| 3 | The chances are , however , that whichever way the cookie is crumbled on April 9 we are in for the shake-up we were denied with the departure of Mrs Thatcher . |
| 4 | Now that exhibitions are over for the season , all they need is seed and water . |
| 5 | Rose and myself are away for the day . ’ |
| 6 | The advantages of providing suitable extinguishers in lifts which are normally for the retrieval of goods has already been mentioned . |
| 7 | I had been away for the weekend and David Bowie is not the most domesticated person in the world . |
| 8 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |
| 9 | I done it to I done it to Russell one night messing around and he told the girls in work I 'd been away for the weekend and he 'd had somebody else there honest to God he did ! |
| 10 | Those trenches are not for the defence of London . ’ |
| 11 | Unless certain peaks are foreseen , the engagements offered are not for the day but for the full length of the " event " . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State 's proposals are not for the sake of better industrial relations but , for the sake of the worst prejudices of the Tory party . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're on for the night then ? ’ |
| 14 | You 're down for the floor . |
| 15 | I was just going to make a quick comment if I may on Oxfam , because I noticed that they 're down for the street collections and for the flag day , now next year 's their fiftieth anniversary , so I think it 's quite appropriate next year , but I do , my own view is , that we will get , we ought to get one comprehensive list of all these organisations , for both the street collections and the flag days , with an indication in the column of whether it 's flag day they 've gone for or a street collection , so that we can identify that sort of situation . |
| 16 | I think they 're along for the purpose of camouflage , respectability , if you will . |
| 17 | They 're away for the weekend . ’ |
| 18 | On the table a note addressed to her : " We 're off for the weekend . |
| 19 | You 'll also find a Slow-set control which will cook a casserole to perfection while you 're out for the day doing something more interesting . |
| 20 | They 're here for the music and to enjoy themselves . ’ |
| 21 | Hattori , whose English was poor , smiled broadly and said , ‘ We 're here for the party . ’ |
| 22 | For the Opposition , the subjects of this debate are strictly for the realm of rhetoric . |
| 23 | The high-performance cars are strictly for the racetrack … and the message is , going too fast on the roads can kill . |
| 24 | But the bulky fillings of ten years ago are now for the budget bags only with a new generation of low-bulk polyester waddings now available which turn in much better all-round performance than down . |
| 25 | Feminist demands are out for the moment . |
| 26 | This means that while you are out for the evening , anyone who may be watching the house will be unsure as to whether you are at home or not , because various lights will go on and off at different times . |
| 27 | You forget we 've got spies , all the staff on this ward tell Jim exactly what you 've been doing er , that 's , that 's how he knew you got your hair done , can we have five pounds , she 's just had her hair permed , the day before he 's just coming in and , no they sent to the ward can we have five pounds please your mum 's been out for the day and she 's had her lunch out you cost him a fortune and you say you 've never been anywhere |
| 28 | She had clearly been out for the evening . |
| 29 | Paula Harrison , of North Green , Staindrop , had been out for the evening with friends when she fell 15ft from the bridge into the Tees on Saturday . |
| 30 | For the patterns in the basic pack and the pattern libraries , the left hand light on the 580 and the EC1 ( or the right hand on earlier models ) must be on for the effect to be what the designer intended . |