Example sentences of "be [adv prt] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | like that or your power is cut off because the E the M E B is digging the road up down and they say that your electric will be off for the next |
2 | I hope to be back for the first leg with Manchester United . |
3 | You 'd think he 'd have told you he would n't be around for the next week or two . |
4 | It is no short-term measure it is the most important development for more than 50 years and it will be around for the next century . ’ |
5 | But if you do n't want it preserved , I think it would be so nice to have in college , if only for next year 's students , and you also would be around for the next two years , I mean if you 're doing , if you 're doing a language erm , option next year , or even a language recitation erm , this would be quite nice material to use for that . |
6 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
7 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
8 | It 's a new one that 's only just been around for the last fifty years . |
9 | Inevitably , months later , some actor will hiss , ‘ Heard you were in for the first half the other night , ’ prompting instant fabrication of husband having a miscarriage and mad cow disease in row F ) . |
10 | But in the country as a whole , the number of skiers was down for the third year running , and was no higher than 12 years ago ( see chart on next page ) . |