Example sentences of "be [verb] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1976 Dave was supposed to be caddying for Fernandez at the French Open , but Vicente had broken his finger , so he was without a bag — until Manuel Ballesteros asked him if he would like to carry for his brother Seve . |
| 2 | After long talks with WBC president Jose Sulaiman , Maloney is confident that approval will be given for Lewis to fight the Hammersmith-born Jamaican Alex Stewart in the first defence of his title . |
| 3 | Boards of trustees must be formed for Moscow 's museums , with the aim of restoring them . |
| 4 | Tax representatives are jointly responsible for the overseas businesses ' tax liabilities , although it is the overseas business , rather than the tax representative , which is seen to be registered for UK VAT . |
| 5 | She 'll be rooting for Bush , by the way . |
| 6 | ‘ We were told that it was going to be arranged for Barry to sing ‘ The White Cliffs of Dover ’ with Mrs Thatcher at the end of the show . |
| 7 | I 'm sure it could be arranged for Jimmy to come with us . ’ |
| 8 | East Anglian independence survived long enough for coins to be minted for Aethelberht , king of the East Angles , and it has been suggested that Offa 's East Anglian coinage may not have begun much before c . |
| 9 | All major WordPerfect products will be developed for IBM OS/2 2.0 Although technically superior to Microsoft Windows and even offering Windows 3.0 software compatibility , OS/2 suffers from not having a large enough software base and not yet having reached a critical mass of users . |
| 10 | PAUL BURNELL the London Scottish prop who had played in 25 of his country 's previous 27 internationals , could not be considered for Scotland 's tour to Australia because of a severe knee injury sustained in the Cardiff match against Wales . |
| 11 | Lawrence denied Slaven was a scapegoat and stressed he would be considered for Tranmere tomorrow night . |
| 12 | I knew that such contradictions could be resolved for Jean-Claude in his work , and I felt that he , like me , should not allow them to dominate life . |
| 13 | ENGLAND 'S new goalkeeping hero Tim Flowers will almost certainly be dropped for Saturday 's game against Germany in Detroit . |
| 14 | You always have Stanley Matthews down for a hat-trick , and complain that John Charles has lost his scoring touch for Leeds and should surely be dropped for Glynn Snodin . |
| 15 | Eckmire , anxious to be seen to be supportive of the departing champion , added : ‘ Our sponsorship position has always assumed that Nigel would be driving for Williams next year and we echo the British public 's sentiments . ’ |
| 16 | There are at least 36 million people to be won for Christ , but where are the plans drawn up in response to the challenge and opportunity ? |
| 17 | Martyn Grimley , another Great Britain player , will be appearing for Brooklands in the Second Division . |
| 18 | Soon you 'll be applying for London again . |
| 19 | Marketing chiefs ‘ have been looking at the mathematics and have worked out that volume counts , ’ says Cunningham , pointing to Unix 's one million a year run rate against the huge base of Windows users — increasing at one million a month — many of which will be targeted for NT . |
| 20 | The three teams ' fixtures would be rescheduled for Sunday , May 9 , with the same kick-off time so there was no advantage to be gained . |
| 21 | The disappointment of losing by a stroke in the centenary Open was soon to be forgotten for Tip and Arnold Palmer , with victory at Royal Birkdale just one year later in 1961 . |
| 22 | ALL AT SEA will be supplemented for Sunday 's Emirates Prix du Moulin de Longchamp in France as she bids to shake off her bridesmaid 's tag . |
| 23 | On Feb. 13 a senior German foreign policy adviser announced that low flying ( severely restricted since September 1989 — see pp. 37226 ; 37677 ) would be permitted for UK aircraft en route for the Gulf . |
| 24 | Hassocks , West Sussex-based distributor Hypersoft Ltd has added ICL Plc Cobol support , to its ‘ mainframe to micro ’ analysis tool , Application Browser : it 's a move designed to fill the gap in the market for analysis tools , which tend to be written for IBM Corp mainframes ; the combined use of ICL Cobol and embedded languages like IDMS removes the threat of syntax errors , so easing re-engineering and maintenance processes ; Application Browser runs under MS-DOS and costs £4,000 , the company said . |
| 25 | 641 was the first new car to be built for Blackpool in thirty years . |
| 26 | The King 's death must be concealed if the throne is to be secured for Queen Flavia . |
| 27 | He would have to be prepared for Godolphin 's wrath . |
| 28 | The legislation provides for separate calculations to be made for England and Wales . |
| 29 | Collections will be made for Winch and cheques presented . |
| 30 | He says a case could be made for Manchester 's fullback , but in no sport are players picked from outside the national leagues — and anyway we can all spend hours picking players unlucky not to tour . |