Example sentences of "be [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You react like one when you burn the toast , so why should n't you react like one when you are pitching for a new account ? |
| 2 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 3 | Upton won their first game since the opening day of the season when they routed Winnington Park for 64 the season 's lowest score with groundsman Alex Kegg taking 4–18 after Upton had been dismissed for a modest 128 . |
| 4 | The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry . |
| 5 | The main advantage of panels is that they provide feedback over a period of time , which increases the reliability of their responses compared with people who may have been stopped for a brief interview outside their local supermarket , for example . |
| 6 | Survivors thought their vehicles had been stopped for a security check ; the shock of what they 'd seen sent this young Palestinian into deep trauma . |
| 7 | More than 1,000 women have been recalled for a repeat smear test after it was revealed Practice Nurse Ina Gordon used a wooden spatula designed for holding down the tongue instead of special metal spatulas made for the vital tests . |
| 8 | Their arrival had been delayed for a fortnight after Gen. Farah Aydid claimed on July 7 that an aircraft with UN markings bringing food aid had also carried from Nairobi military equipment and counterfeit money for his rival , Somalia 's transitional President , Ali Mahdi Mohammed . |
| 9 | The uncertainty was fuelled further when Larne boss Gary Irwin admitted that he thought the goal had been disallowed for a foul on goalkeeper Graeme McConnell . |
| 10 | A LIFEBOAT crew has been honoured for a daring rescue on the Cleveland coast . |
| 11 | The Redcar crew have already been honoured for a daring rescue earlier this year . |
| 12 | The quantities for most of the meals on the following pages are given for a single portion . |
| 13 | The forecasts are given for a height of 10m or 33ft above ground . |
| 14 | She had been intended for a respectable life . |
| 15 | The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . |
| 16 | Times may be hard in those places , but note how few people are clamouring for a return to the let's-stay-poor-together socialism of the past . |
| 17 | Only six weeks after making their solemn covenant-pledge with God the people are clamouring for a replica of the old gods of Egypt . |
| 18 | The cottage had not been inhabited for a while . |
| 19 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 20 | From Lovell 's Marxist perspective the feminist debates outlined above are misdirected for a variety of reasons . |
| 21 | Another worker has been sacked for a shoplifting offence in a local store . |
| 22 | Second , the fall in unemployment adds something to the theory that the economy has in fact been recovering for a good deal longer than generally realised . |
| 23 | Because the vast majority of fibres have been treated for a machine wash , shrinkage is minimal . |
| 24 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 25 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 26 | We are struggling for a terminal at which trains can come in from all parts of the country , at which there can be an interchange for the continent and at which people can move on relatively quickly . |
| 27 | " It 's been raining for a week . " |
| 28 | By the end of the sixteenth century it had been compounded for a cash payment from the counties and had thus become a straightforward tax . |
| 29 | The printers " picnic that had been arranged for a Saturday at the beginning of August 1914 had to be cancelled because of the outbreak of war . |
| 30 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |