Example sentences of "here for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A coat like yours is in here for sixty quid . |
| 2 | If he was going anywhere I thought he would have come here for Premier League football . |
| 3 | And a sign at a Bangkok dry-cleaners says : ‘ Drop your trousers here for best results . ’ |
| 4 | ( We shall discuss section IIC here for all respondents to Section IIA . |
| 5 | ‘ Three weeks at least , and he must stay here for that time . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been waiting here for two hours , Fagin , ’ said the stranger . |
| 7 | I do n't like sitting here for two hours . |
| 8 | The Social Democrat Edith Niehuis has come up with the dubious argument that , because of the Catholic approach to female priests ( who have practised in the Protestant Church here for two decades ) , the tax is an ‘ unconstitutional discrimination against women ’ . |
| 9 | I came here briefly last year and found it the most comfortable of cities to walk about in , so I 'm here for two months to learn Spanish . ’ |
| 10 | She was an OAP , here for two months because it was cheaper than home . |
| 11 | When I go abroad on holiday , I think : I 'm here for two weeks , I can either sit here fully dressed for a whole fortnight , or I can take my leg off and jump in the pool . |
| 12 | No you 're not ready for that , you 've sat in here for two weeks ! |
| 13 | She had been a feature writer here for two years and at twenty-five she had already made a name for herself . |
| 14 | ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’ |
| 15 | I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years ! |
| 16 | Because when all said and done if at the end of two days you do n't feel that you 're any better at making a presentation then when you started then why have you been here for two days . |
| 17 | We 're here for two days and I 'm going to present to what to some of you will be some new ideas some new concepts that you 've perhaps never come across before . |
| 18 | An emotional welcome at Heathrow Airport for twenty-one Russian orphans , over here for twelve months living with English families and going to English schools . |
| 19 | If we work together then , perhaps , you will be here for a few months , if we fight then you are here for fourteen years ’ |
| 20 | I 've been working here for fourteen years but I ca n't buy postage stamps without his say-so . |
| 21 | Yeah you can s you can imagine walking round here for fourteen months , and then one w one back of one walkway looks like another walkway . |
| 22 | There is scope here for economic evaluation to inform priorities for health care . |
| 23 | ‘ The Home Office takes the attitude these people are here for economic reasons ; you do n't go this far for £25 a week income support payments . |
| 24 | ‘ We do n't come here for economic reasons — we come here to seek life . ’ |
| 25 | Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic . |
| 26 | ‘ He is here for private engagements involving the security forces , ’ said a Northern Ireland Office spokesman . |
| 27 | Hodges have lived here for eight generations but Rachel Hodge is relaxed about most things her guests do — even the Czechoslovakian guests who played tennis on her court in brown walking shoes and underwear ! |
| 28 | He has lived here for eight months and knows more about the town than the Neftis , who are infuriatingly vague when it comes to giving directions . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's here for eight weeks and hopefully by the end of his stay he will be able to walk . ’ |
| 30 | I have been lost here for eight years . ’ |