Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best thing for this chap would be to caution him for this offence . |
| 2 | Now , though , comes the word that Confederacy is being developed by Ivan Reitman — coming up soon in Ghostbusters II , which he also wrote — and if all goes well , he will be directing it for 20th Century Fox . |
| 3 | I should be charging you for all this research . ’ |
| 4 | The limelight cast on NT-on-Alpha and the number of adjectives spent on it this week is expected to have a negative , if not fatal impact on the rickety ACE Initiative , whose founders , including Compaq and SCO , are perceived to be abandoning it for greener pastures , despite claims to the contrary . |
| 5 | ‘ Can we tek it then that thoo 'll be leaving us for this land of milk and honey ? ’ |
| 6 | On page six of our agenda there are congress organization motions which clearly need to be discussed some time during this congress because they concern rule amendments , and if they do fall off the agenda because debate is long on the other things , I really do believe they should take priority because we wo n't be raising them for another three years . |