Example sentences of "be [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 2 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 3 | ‘ You must have been asleep for a very long time , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ It feels like I 've been asleep for a long , long time . |
| 5 | You 've been asleep for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over . |
| 7 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 8 | To them I 'll say you 'll find things are strange for a time but , with the help of your colleagues , you 'll soon find your feet but , for yourselves , avoid falling into the bad habits of others . |
| 9 | Perhaps they are due for a revival . |
| 10 | Also , farmers are going to be , because most of the assets on a farm are fixed assets , right , farmers are going to be very reluctant , alright , to cease production just because prices are low for a couple of years . |
| 11 | Apparently , the flat had been previously inhabited by giants : I am tall for a woman , but all the shelves were too high for me to reach without standing on a stool . |
| 12 | We are grateful for a flysheet-pitch-first tent in the Tromsdalen campsite and as we work speedily on its erection , the man in the camp reception hut watches us through the windows . |
| 13 | Broken bones must be set quickly and they are weak for a time . |
| 14 | The IBOA is very conscious of the fact that this issue has been outstanding for a considerable length of time and it is hoped that the proposals will pave the way for a speedy resolution to the problem . |
| 15 | In certain circumstances it might have been preferable for a beneficiary to have a real action , in which case he would press for interpretation as a legacy . |
| 16 | Thick weathering mantles will only form in regions of minimal local relief where rates of erosion have been low for a prolonged period . |
| 17 | Without this control it would have been possible for a Committee with a bondholding minority to make bad decisions to the cost of the Bondholders . |
| 18 | Under these circumstances , it would have been possible for a ship sailing south from Thera to dock at Dia , unload and set sail again for destinations to the east or west . |
| 19 | If it had been possible for a bird to stop still with surprise in the air , and stay exactly where it was , that rook would have done it then . |
| 20 | She said the house had been damp for a year and she had complained to the council on numerous occasions . |
| 21 | The April friendly match between Stoddards ' Amateur Football Club and the US Navy Varsity Soccer team was a resounding success — and Ian 's hopes are high for a rematch . |
| 22 | It must have been distasteful for a man whose principles were always of the very highest . |
| 23 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 24 | Salience , of course , means salience for the hearer , and is therefore a relative term : those features of New York English which are salient for a Londoner may not be those which are salient for someone from Toronto . |
| 25 | Summarizing the results of this part , we clearly see that governments in representative democracies undertake those fiscal policies which are popular for a majority of voters when they feel that their re-election is in danger . |
| 26 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 27 | If you have been unemployed for a while seek retraining as a first step to a new , positive attitude . |
| 28 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 29 | To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period : |
| 30 | Well I think it 's er an area that 's most of the people are unemployed for a start |