Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah it 's been for sale for a long time . |
| 2 | It 's been for sale for ages has n't it ? |
| 3 | That 's been for sale for some time , long as I can remember practic just imagine you 'd be in the catchment area for would n't that be fun , there 's Jason . |
| 4 | She had been off work for several days and Lovebird had kept her in bed and fed her chicken soup from the stove . |
| 5 | He had an accident at work and has been off work for two weeks . |
| 6 | Patrick had fallen off a ladder over a year and a half ago and had been off work for much of that time . |
| 7 | Well I 've been off work for a bit and got back to a massive 156 messages from the group ! |
| 8 | Anyway the workload gradually increased until I found I could n't continue any longer and have been off work for the last six months . |
| 9 | Both pilots had been off duty for a period of approximately thirty-five hours prior to the trans-Atlantic flight and had flown a total of just over seven hours on the day of the accident . |
| 10 | These carvings have been off display for many years as it was discovered that atmospheric pollution , even within the museum , was eating away at the stone . |
| 11 | Have you been of work for a while then with the dreaded flu ? ? . i hope your little one did not catch it it is a particularly strong virus that is going around at the moment . |
| 12 | How do we attempt to deduce some general guidelines from his history and teaching which are of relevance for us today ? |
| 13 | It is important for us to consider whether it contains principles which are of value for us today . |
| 14 | At one moment we shall be talking in terms of billions of years and billions of light years ; at the next we shall focus on events that are of importance for only billionths of a second involving particles so small that it is misleading to think of them as material objects . |
| 15 | Production shipments of the 68160 are of set for the fourth quarter ; no pricing at yet . |
| 16 | If you 're off work for a long time , Abbey 's going to pay the premiums for you , until you get well again . |
| 17 | The gist of the words were , you 're under arrest for harbouring an escapee and he replied along the lines of you 've got ta be joking mate . |
| 18 | You 're under arrest for , for having shot that |
| 19 | So you 're under arrest for taking it off |
| 20 | They 're in camp for a holiday |
| 21 | WE 'RE IN IT FOR KICKS ! |
| 22 | As long as they 're in Pesth for the start of the journey south , they can do very much as they like , although none of them will be welcome at court . ’ |
| 23 | They 're in prison for thirty years ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ They 're in prison for thirty years , are n't they ? ’ |
| 25 | Because first of all I do n't money is n't every but that 's er what we 're in business for . |
| 26 | It seems that if you 've done an arts degree , apart from social science , then really you 're in line for jobs that science students go for as well , whereas arts students ca n't go for science degree jobs so you 've got more scope to apply for . |
| 27 | ‘ Looks like you 're in charge for now , ’ he said , and let himself out . |
| 28 | Anyway erm the chap the first speaker was from Silent Night Bedding and they 're in dispute for a long time . |
| 29 | Oh you 're on holiday for a couple of days , I mean you 'd have thought you know , since you 're on holiday just have a little drinky or two but no ca n't persuade her , ca n't you tell me why you just come out of a Yorkshire pub . |
| 30 | ‘ First , we want promotion this season and we 're on course for that . |