Example sentences of "be [adj] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 2 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 3 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 4 | To them I 'll say you 'll find things are strange for a time but , with the help of your colleagues , you 'll soon find your feet but , for yourselves , avoid falling into the bad habits of others . |
| 5 | Perhaps they are due for a revival . |
| 6 | Also , farmers are going to be , because most of the assets on a farm are fixed assets , right , farmers are going to be very reluctant , alright , to cease production just because prices are low for a couple of years . |
| 7 | Apparently , the flat had been previously inhabited by giants : I am tall for a woman , but all the shelves were too high for me to reach without standing on a stool . |
| 8 | Broken bones must be set quickly and they are weak for a time . |
| 9 | In certain circumstances it might have been preferable for a beneficiary to have a real action , in which case he would press for interpretation as a legacy . |
| 10 | Without this control it would have been possible for a Committee with a bondholding minority to make bad decisions to the cost of the Bondholders . |
| 11 | If it had been possible for a bird to stop still with surprise in the air , and stay exactly where it was , that rook would have done it then . |
| 12 | Under these circumstances , it would have been possible for a ship sailing south from Thera to dock at Dia , unload and set sail again for destinations to the east or west . |
| 13 | She said the house had been damp for a year and she had complained to the council on numerous occasions . |
| 14 | The April friendly match between Stoddards ' Amateur Football Club and the US Navy Varsity Soccer team was a resounding success — and Ian 's hopes are high for a rematch . |
| 15 | It must have been distasteful for a man whose principles were always of the very highest . |
| 16 | Salience , of course , means salience for the hearer , and is therefore a relative term : those features of New York English which are salient for a Londoner may not be those which are salient for someone from Toronto . |
| 17 | Summarizing the results of this part , we clearly see that governments in representative democracies undertake those fiscal policies which are popular for a majority of voters when they feel that their re-election is in danger . |
| 18 | If you have been unemployed for a while seek retraining as a first step to a new , positive attitude . |
| 19 | Well I think it 's er an area that 's most of the people are unemployed for a start |
| 20 | So do I. To anyone capable of seeing beyond a county bank balance , it has been clear for a number of years that there is too much limited-overs cricket played by the counties and that the present mix of three and four-day Championship games is not only confusing , especially now that they start on different days of the week , but also unnecessarily exhausting for all involved . |
| 21 | Whenever I talk to groups of teachers who are willing for a moment to lay aside the grim realities and talk and think big , I hear them saying exactly the same . |
| 22 | Children were fascinated by the ducks and it would have been easy for a toddler to slip through the fence , leaving mum stranded on the other side . |
| 23 | It can not have been easy for a man in his fifties to start afresh as an instrument-maker in London . |
| 24 | Their main advantages are : wood is an excellent insulator ; the windows come in an wide range of standard sizes ( and non-standard ones are easy for a joiner to make up if necessary ) ; they are , generally speaking , the cheapest type of replacement window to buy ; and you can paint or stain them to any colour you want . |
| 25 | Throughout industry this election day , a host of trade unionists are waiting with acute anxiety , nursing their hopes : a Labour victory will enable them to reassert their influence on factories throughout the land , in a manner that has been impossible for a decade . |
| 26 | ‘ They 're c-casting for a m-m-movie … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I love playing these people : they 're evil for a reason , ’ Ciesinski says , looking almost alarmingly sane and well scrubbed . |
| 28 | Well see , if you 're desperate for a machine I 'll lend you one |
| 29 | So , if you get to Seville between now and October , and find the idea of a day trekking the Expo site appealing , give the interior of our pavilion a miss , unless you 're desperate for a pint of English bitter . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're desperate for a win and the players have been left in no doubt what I expect of them , ’ said Laughton . |