Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] for [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit . |
| 2 | Something that she would have grasped , if it were n't for her own stupidity . |
| 3 | Though we threaten her with a headline reading ‘ Real Labour candidates do n't eat muesli ’ she insists that it 's not for her own consumption . |
| 4 | So it 's solely for your own use . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |
| 6 | But although his name will recur in pedigrees into the foreseeable future , it is more for his own deeds on the racecourse that Nijinsky will be remembered . |
| 7 | If the lad was a bit stern with her at times , it was only for her own good . ’ |