Example sentences of "be [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 2 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 3 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 4 | er just one after thought , Dennis mentioned teamwork , now we we 've been together for a few years basically , but you might say , we work as a team , everyone gets on , everyone helps each other out . |
| 5 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 6 | She had told him once as they lay at peace in bed that the sleep after childbirth , an unconsciousness that might only last a split second , was the most complete sleep she had ever known and when you woke from it you felt you had been elsewhere for a hundred years . |
| 7 | What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ? |
| 8 | We 've been away for a long time . |
| 9 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 11 | The trapped feeling must have been because she had been indoors for a long time . |
| 12 | And so to Nepal … we 're in the walled city of Bhaktapur … this is the place where many adaventures start from … the great climbing expeditions pass through here on the way to everest … we 're here for a sporting first … the first ever Kathmandu marathon |
| 13 | ‘ We 're here for a straight account of Princess 's voyage — all three sides of it ; Bristol to Africa to Jamaica and back — not a social gathering , though I 'm the last to turn up me nose at a good meal . ’ |
| 14 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 15 | Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do . |
| 16 | Plans are underway for a revised edition , which should be published in the near future as a self-financing project . |
| 17 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
| 18 | Once again , even if the main points at issue had been side-stepped , the two countries were at peace , and had agreed to be so for a whole generation . |
| 19 | If she is severely disturbed emotionally , above the level normally expected in bereavement , and if she can not sleep , he may prescribe tranquillisers and a night sedative ; but this will usually be only for a limited period to help her over a particularly bad patch , as he will not want her to become addicted to these drugs , which if taken for too long may delay the normal grieving process which she will need to experience if she is to make a satisfactory recovery . |
| 20 | Usually it will be only for a few seconds , but it is the ability to do it instantly on demand that is so important . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's OK , I can deal with it ; I 'm all for a good fight , especially with you as my opponent — it keeps life from being dull . |
| 22 | CHARLES and Diana will be together for a long time to come . |
| 23 | A table-topping rebound next year would not be enough for a quick return if a no-promotion season is declared to accommodate the proposal to reduce League One to 10 clubs — a mad price to pay for an all-play-all format . |
| 24 | This would be enough for a safe 250 nm at 75% power or 290 nm at 65% . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | What , will it be just for a short period cos it was n't nine o clock ? |
| 27 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |