Example sentences of "[pron] be a [noun sg] for i " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we ca n't haunt places we 'd never been to , which is a bore for me , because I was so young when I died I 'd hardly been anywhere . |
| 2 | One two three now this is a bit silly , oh there 's a pen for me , thank you very much . |
| 3 | He thinks there 's a part for me in the new play at the Queen 's . ’ |
| 4 | If there 's a part for me , let it be left until tomorrow . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll ask Sonja tomorrow to see if there 's a letter for me . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 'm not at my home address , as you see , so if there 's a letter for me , I have n't got it . |
| 7 | Peter Pagnamenta , the editor , came into my room to say there was a message for me to ring the Hawick police : there had been an accident involving my family but he did not know the details . |
| 8 | Strangely , when we returned home there was a message for me from Antoinette herself . |
| 9 | I won the U-Bix Copiers massive ten-man race at Birmingham , so I asked Frank Dick if there was a chance for me to get in the relay team , which had n't been announced with the main selections . |
| 10 | Joe had written to me suggesting that there was a post for me in Japan ( available through the good offices of Stephen Spender , who had just returned from there with a commission from the Dean of the Faculty of Letters at Tohoku University ) to go and teach English , in the poet-teacher tradition for which it was famous . |
| 11 | It worked : next morning there was a note for me in the Date Line : Audience with HM the King , 2 pm in the royal palace . |
| 12 | I called in the other day to see if there was a package for me . |
| 13 | It 's a dream for me to be here making an album with them ’ she added as she arrived in the UK five months after her visit to record ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ . |
| 14 | Even so , it 's a start for me . |
| 15 | If I 've got to turn out drawers or turn out the airing cupboard or get the kitchen tidy , it 's a relaxation for me and I like it , or just going through some interior decoration books or moving the furniture round — I 'm a great mover of furniture . |
| 16 | ‘ But it is a relief for me and my family to grieve for our loss . ’ |
| 17 | It is a pleasure for me to announce the inaugural International First Turkey , and to award it to Mr Kaneo Nakamura , recent chairman of the Industrial Bank of Japan ( IBJ ) . |
| 18 | Whenever I went to Fisherton Street it was a must for me to go to Pickfords , the carriers for The Great Western Railway , just to gaze in the window , for right in the centre was a beautiful scale model of one of their pantechnicons , some two feet in length . |
| 19 | It was a privilege for me to be invited to one of the Criterion Evenings which were held at irregular intervals at 24 Russell Square . |
| 20 | ‘ It was a mistake for me to stay after Friday evening . |
| 21 | I met George only when I came here , and it was a pleasure for me to meet such a good and conscientious man of the people . |
| 22 | ‘ He beat me at New Marske and he was a target for me in this one . ’ |