Example sentences of "[be] a [noun sg] for me [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I e it would not be a problem for me to take the same line as either or any of my er opponents , or the incumbent Mr , erm you know , if they are , frankly , right . |
| 2 | I have not yet concluded the exploration , and I think that it would be a mistake for me to make any premature statement about our next intentions , but I shall keep the House informed . |
| 3 | ‘ I decided that , somewhere among the pottery and handicrafts which are sold on the Algarve , there had to be an opportunity for me to utilise my design skills and earn money without the need to park Thomas with a minder . |
| 4 | Later on , perhaps at the next election , there might be an opportunity for me to get into Parliament . |
| 5 | I do not think that that is a question for me to answer from the Dispatch Box . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too . |
| 8 | " It is an honour for me to meet the son of Dermot Corcoran , " Collins said immediately . |
| 9 | This debate is an opportunity for me to pay tribute , as he did , to the excellent management skills and work of Iain MacKinnon and his task force . |
| 10 | I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ It was a mistake for me to stay after Friday evening . |
| 15 | And er the woman there she would n't sign the paper because ny husband was a miner for me to get a drop of milk for him . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I was given to understand it was an honour for me to have been invited , and I was very much on trial . |