Example sentences of "[pers pn] be a [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm a seconder for that ? |
| 2 | I 'm a sucker for middle-class comforts . |
| 3 | Look , I 'm a sucker for that sort of thing . |
| 4 | I 'm a sucker for coastal walking and am naturally attracted to Dorset as it offers some of the best in the country . |
| 5 | I 'm a sucker for pretty wood finishes and would probably have requested a much more translucent look than the one I see here . |
| 6 | ‘ I was a policeman for twelve years in Jordan before I joined the Black June . |
| 7 | ‘ I was a fund-raiser for liberal politics . ’ |
| 8 | I was a miner for 23 years before coming to the House . |
| 9 | Stevenson , you 're a cure for dull aches , you really are . ’ |
| 10 | More film roles are expected to come rolling in after the Oscars on 29 March , although Thompson claims she is a no-hoper for glamorous parts . |
| 11 | He accuses her of being a stooge of the EGP , the Guerrilla Army of the Poor ; he say she is a front for this ‘ hard-line rebel group ’ which is ‘ bent on achieving communist revolution by force of arms ’ . |
| 12 | She was a colleague for many years . |
| 13 | The Court held that she was a purchaser for valuable consideration , the consideration being the withdrawal of a bona fide claim to a property adjustment order . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course , we have to put these advertisements in , ’ said the tired , courteous , slightly frayed man who interviewed him , ‘ because we are a service for all schools in the private sector . |
| 15 | They are a victory for common sense . |
| 16 | They have some power over the length of the school day , they are an avenue for parental complaint and they have wider powers than in the past over matters of school discipline and in the appointment and dismissal of teachers . |
| 17 | I accepted all of this without thinking it in any way unusual , even though my father used to boast about Billy 's achievements as if they were a matter for civic pride . |
| 18 | How they were a strength for each other after our affairs ended . ’ |
| 19 | The blackout precautions were a constant worry to Julia , and Eileen declared that they were an excuse for petty tyrants to enjoy themselves . |
| 20 | Would not it be a disaster for part-time workers , women workers and , indeed , all workers in Britain ? |
| 21 | Would it be a substitute for inner changes you need to make ? |
| 22 | Ellen Jebeau brought her lips tightly together and drew them inwards between her teeth before she said , with deep bitterness , ‘ I do n't know about it being a time for plain speaking , I can only say that time has shown your ingratitude for what I 've done for you over the years . ’ |
| 23 | I think we have to look at the climate we 're in ; we 're , at the moment the AIDS epidemic is facing all of us , it 's a problem for each and any , every one of us . |
| 24 | Paul says it 's a sport for all the youngest who 's been in a raft is 5 … the oldest is 95 … anyone can come and see what it 's like playing in whitewater |
| 25 | IT 'S a triumph for British engineering . |
| 26 | It 's a get-together for some of our clients and their wives , and hopefully for prospective customers , too . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's a matter for grappling irons , then . |
| 28 | ‘ In a way it 's quite lucky it all happened when it did — but it 's a shame for other people who will be bringing cases forward in the near future . ’ |
| 29 | It 's a time for that client to decide whether they wish to stay or if they want to go home . ’ |
| 30 | It 's a time for few windows and we have many , and maybe it 's even a time for living in town or city with lights and movement and not just the dead nettles of the water meadow to gaze at . |