Example sentences of "[verb] to be [noun pl] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have secretly wished to be lovers for years but the consummation of their affair is a recent event . |
| 2 | Er I I think I take Mr 's point that er you would n't go to well a mile it 's really going to be horses for courses is n't it ? |
| 3 | All Christians are called to be ambassadors for Christ in their own lives : to represent or show Christ to their neighbours . |
| 4 | Thus was I punished for wanting to go to these places , which I knew to be prisons for God . |
| 5 | Peter Donald , the Scottish League secretary , said there had to be grounds for optimism that a solution within the governing body 's framework was now attainable . |