Example sentences of "be [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They are along for the duration . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | The days of lavish entertainment are over for the Harcourt Family . |
4 | Now that exhibitions are over for the season , all they need is seed and water . |
5 | ‘ We 're on for the night then ? ’ |
6 | You 're down for the floor . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | I think they 're along for the purpose of camouflage , respectability , if you will . |
9 | On the table a note addressed to her : " We 're off for the weekend . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Feminist demands are out for the moment . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 |
14 | She had clearly been out for the evening . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | I suppose I 'm in for the mother of all court-martials . ’ |
18 | I am pleased we are to meet at 5p.m. or thereabouts at Waterloo on Wednesday , 8th February when I 'm down for the Co-ordinators , to take a close look at the programme for our Scottish National Conference on 10–12 March at the Scottish Churches House , Dunblane , in which you , Ingrid Keith and Mauricio Laborde , Chile , are to share . |
19 | so I wonder if she 's going down the , well she might be down for the service now |
20 | Blur , the Valentines and Dinosaur Jr on in the wrong order , at the wrong time , in the wrong place , before the wrong crowd , using inappropriate equipment , and putting you in the worst mood you could hope to be in for the Mary Chain ? |
21 | Forest loom in the FA Cup in the New Year , and if United , who had their lowest League crowd of the season on Saturday and are now only six points ahead of the bottom club City , still can not see the wood for the trees , somebody will be in for the chop . |
22 | Ragged children wearing a semblance of black and white uniform skip along the pavements on their way to school ; by midday their schooling will be over for the day and they will start work alongside their parents , or engage in various enterprises from shoe shining to the selling of postcards . |
23 | No you wo n't if you have an operation you said you will be off for the rest of the week . |
24 | Hope this peels of without chaffing the sleeve , because I 'm up for the record itself . |
25 | ‘ Sailors were the élite , ’ Daniel Farson observes ; ‘ guardsmen were less popular because they were known to be out for the money . ’ |
26 | Back at Louth , we found the TD to be out for the day , to my secret relief . |
27 | IAN SHERRATT , who has played outstandingly at prop for Salford since his summer signing from Oldham , could be out for the rest of the season , writes Paul Fitzpatrick . |
28 | He tore a knee ligament during PSV Endhoven 's 3–0 victory over Willem II Tilburg on Saturday and will be out for the rest of the season . |
29 | The 27-year-old Oldham keeper is likely to be out for the rest of the season after tearing wrist ligaments against Manchester United . |
30 | RISING star Remittance Man has damaged a tendon in his off-fore and is likely to be out for the rest of the season . |