Example sentences of "[pers pn] would be [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 What may suit you would be folly for him .
2 ‘ It 's a pity that Stephen has met this girl who seems to want his every free minute or he 'd be company for you . ’
3 I dare not spend another farthing , and it would be suicide for me to go to the bank , even if Richard agreed , which he wo n't . ’
4 At a time when the world 's largest nuclear power is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , if not worse , and when 27,000 nuclear weapons exist there , the vast majority of which are capable of inflicting considerable damage on this and other countries , it would be lunacy for us to undermine our nuclear deterrent .
5 ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ he asked , going on to apologise that he would have to leave them shortly since it would be time for his surgery .
6 It would be madness for me to refuse you through hurt pride when all I want to do is be with you , as I have just found out . ’
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