Example sentences of "to be [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hooker Phil Kearns , at only 24 , is undoubtedly going to be around for many years to come and successfully led the Australian under-21 team to victory over New Zealand under 21 's four years ago . |
| 2 | With the commitment the application and operating system developers are showing , DOS is going to be around for some time yet . |
| 3 | I would like to be here for that . ’ |
| 4 | She gave me her apologies earlier for being unable to be here for this stage of the debate . |
| 5 | Oh you 're not going to be here for this joke so I , I said oh got ta let him down . |
| 6 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 7 | By 1916 it had become obvious that the war was not likely to be over for some time and the government round that it was necessary to introduce military conscription in place of voluntary conscription , in order to ensure replacement of the thousands of soldiers being killed and wounded on the battlefields . |
| 8 | A 48″ × 15″ × 12″ aquarium was to be home for these fish . |
| 9 | Yet the volunteers had been beavering away down there for two months , working well into the night on many occasions , and were to be there for many more months to come . |
| 10 | But perhaps the greatest satisfaction is the knowledge that you have created something of the beauty that is going to be there for many years . |
| 11 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 12 | Anyway , I hope that Spare Rib always continues to be there for all women , and some of us do appreciate the entertaining , interesting and informative magazine Spare Rib is . |
| 13 | Erm and some people that we we send out sort of tend to be there for either half an hour and others sort of . |
| 14 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 15 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
| 16 | I was now in my twenty-seventh year on the island , and I did not want to be there for another year . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't pay John any bigger compliment — to be underground for that length of time . |
| 18 | ‘ Looks like we 're going to be in for some pretty flamboyant fielding from the West Indies ’ |
| 19 | So , I mean what I would suggest is er I do n't know is John anticipated to be off for some time do you think ? |