Example sentences of "to be [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gentlemen , it occurs to us that you 're going , we 're going to be waffling on for half an hour plus , in a sense . |
| 2 | But punters are unlikely to get much value for the grey in this competitive 25runner handicap and , as Daru had to be ridden out for his last two victories , he is worth opposing . |
| 3 | In addition , there are also certain to be one or two early mistakes which will need rectifying , and plans to be mulled over for next spring 's display . |
| 4 | Patience is not what we associate with Pound , and from time to time he seems to have kicked over the traces ( at least once to be ticked off for it by Dorothy ) : yet we see all over again that the young Pound was well content with Edwardian England , was hopeful of it and ready to abide by its rules in everything that mattered . |
| 5 | And a little nervous that I am about to be ticked off for my unorthodox and amiable occupation of the Rosenbloom . |
| 6 | I sat in my cell expecting to be called out for execution at any moment . |
| 7 | I think it 's only three items to be moved out for you . |
| 8 | I was relieved to be roped up for this . |
| 9 | The possibility of an increase in Japanese interest rates was raised , but seemed to be ruled out for the present by the Finance Minister , Ryutaro Hashimoto , in a statement made after his return to Tokyo . |
| 10 | Such was the impact on preview audiences in America that extra scenes had to be written in for him . |
| 11 | ‘ You mean apart from the cheques to be written out for these accounts ? |
| 12 | In case you fail to appreciate the lustre of this honour , I should point out that you have to do something pretty dreadful to be singled out for vilification in a sermon . |
| 13 | I think at that age one is very concerned to be seen to be similar to one 's peers and hence not to be singled out for differential treatment . |
| 14 | Also the workers felt a certain status and a privilege to be singled out for special treatment . |
| 15 | I understand the hon. Gentleman 's concern , which is shared by my Department , but I do not think that on reflection he would want the defence industry to be singled out for particular treatment from our other manufacturing industries . |
| 16 | I mean they all ought to be geared up for all this for Christ 's sake . |
| 17 | The numbers may need to be scaled down for many readers from sending 100 to sending twenty , but a growing group of churches from all denominations and streams want to do this . |
| 18 | Flower arrangers can test their skills by submitting designs for that posy , and colleagues will choose the winning entry to be made up for 2 July . |
| 19 | There was a reasonable case to be made out for keeping her away from Nice . |
| 20 | But there was no defence to be made out for the people she 'd met today . |
| 21 | You never thought of O as someone who was with people or who went home with people , and he never seemed to be looking round for someone all the time , which is how most of us must have appeared . |
| 22 | When she signed her first big contract , Marilyn reputedly said , ‘ That 's the last cock I 'll have to suck ’ , though at the same time she seemed to be looking around for greater conquests . |
| 23 | I shall have to be looking out for a second hand bike-y just for the occasional trip into town without getting Stuey out of bed so I be a bit more independent than just bothering you all time , if I just wan na pop anywhere . |
| 24 | There are so many things you 've got to be looking out for in those |
| 25 | As my friend David Jessel has pointed out , even if 99 per cent of all criminal convictions are correct , that still leaves in a prison population of 40,000 some 400 who have no business being there ; and I can not imagine any experience more demoralizing than to be locked up for years for a crime one did n't commit . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're a bastard and thief and deserve to be locked up for the rest of your life ’ |
| 27 | One outraged victim Gail York , 23 , yelled : ‘ You 're a bastard and a thief and deserve to be locked up for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , you cheeky cuss , ’ she said , ‘ I might be poor and 'omeless , but I 'm respectable , I am , and I ai n't goin' to listen to you talkin' about my bottom , you ought to be locked up for even mentioning it . ’ |
| 29 | We have to ensure that people who deserve to be locked up for the public good are locked up . |
| 30 | let's face it , you know , deserve to be locked up for the rest of their natural lives . |