Example sentences of "to [be] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | out on their own are the crew of Dodo 's Delight … the boat from Oxfordshire that 's sailing around the world … the wrong way against the winds and currents … the crew of old boys from Kingham school have landed in Rio next stop is the Falklands where they plan to be ashore for Christmas Day … |
| 2 | Well I thought , she 's coming down with Martin and Uncle Marvin and all that , and she 's going to be here for dinner , now she is n't ! |
| 3 | Although Portland ( a Thomson subsidiary ) and Tjaebourg itself seemed to be doing well , in 1985 the British Airways subsidiary Martin Rook was rumoured to be up for disposal , with an uncertain future . |
| 4 | Yeah and I suppose it 's always going to be up for sort of negotiation , I mean I |
| 5 | It does not have to be just for Asians . ’ |
| 6 | And if Stavanger had left intending to be away for months he had taken remarkably little with him in the way of clothes . |
| 7 | One interpretation was based on the fact that in each case memory appeared to be best for situations which accorded with the subjects ’ expectations about the junction , an attempt to test this was made by considering subjects ’ ratings for how normal the situation was . |
| 8 | I 'd promised my mother I 'd buy her some new central-heating , and the only time it could be fitted was the next week , so I needed to be home for Monday when the workmen came round . |
| 9 | It was good to be home for Thanksgiving … |
| 10 | At Canniesburn my next desperate prayer was to be home for Davie and Alan 's summer holidays from school — and I was home . |
| 11 | I have to be home for halfpast one ! |
| 12 | There was little time for dalliance when we came out from Sunday School as I was expected to be home for tea at half-past four . |
| 13 | Erm by nineteen forty eight erm the Communist Party had argued that three conditions had to be there for land reform to take place and that was that how that the area had to be militarily stable , the majority of peasants erm rich peasants had to be mobilized er had to want to be demanding land reform and the Party cadres there had to be adequate in numbers and quality . |
| 14 | She disliked Milan 's climate and saw no reason why she should spend all her time in that city merely because her husband needed to be there for business . |
| 15 | If they can really get a hook into this Eismark , a member of the Secretariat and likely to be there for years , it 'll be quite a coup in its very quiet way . |
| 16 | The idea is not just to be there for employees with minor complaints like headaches — the department is mainly concerned with much bigger issues like the general health of employees while on the Park Royal site . |
| 17 | ‘ All the child psychologists say that mummy and daddy have to be there for children to grow up well balanced . ’ |
| 18 | Richard Dunwoody , who suffered six falls over the three days at Aintree but ended as champion jockey , hopes to be back for Ascot on Wednesday , while Mark Pitman reportedly suffered no breaks in his final-race fall and has been allowed home . |
| 19 | ‘ We have to be back for evening surgery . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Uncle Jake says we 've to be down for breakfast in a quarter of an hour . ’ |
| 21 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 22 | So it will have to be in for Thursday of that week , so you 've got another couple of days in that first week back . |
| 23 | Now , at the sight of the river , Bigwig 's assurance was leaking again and unless he , Hazel , could restore it in some way , they were likely to be in for trouble . |
| 24 | Wilkinson 's need for a right-back has heightened with injured Mel Sterland likely to be out for weeks after a further training setback . |
| 25 | Many beehives have been destroyed by spray drift landing on the flowers from which bees collect pollen ; timber treated with the household chemicals lindane and dieldrin ( now banned from use ) is extremely toxic to bats and continues to be so for decades after treatment , and many bat colonies have been eliminated in this way . |
| 26 | This process had already been invaluable to industry and proved to be so for penicillin . |
| 27 | Is it to be only for fun and general amusement , or are you a perfectionist , seeking impeccable exposures and absolute control over the photography ? |
| 28 | Some , like Cruse , tend to be more for counselling and advice . |
| 29 | Paradoxically , LP often fares better than SP under these conditions because the noise-bar interference on the picture tends to be less for LP . |
| 30 | I did have a chin tuck , and the lady who worked on the book with me said , ‘ Now , Elizabeth , you know we 're going to be together for months and we have to be absolutely honest with each other . |