Example sentences of "they [verb] it [be] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say it is unjust for the publicans and bad for the pubs . |
| 2 | They say it 's good for children to grow up with pets around them . |
| 3 | Most people want to like art — they know it 's good for you , or at any rate looks good on you — but face to face with a great painting they feel like gate-crashers at a Mayfair reception . |
| 4 | They thought it was normal for Lucy ( they had never called her Mummy ) to fly from room to room looking for her watch , keys , diary , gloves , scarf , and blow a kiss to them from the garden path as the taxi-driver carried her cello out to the car , while Nissy held them up to the window to wave . |
| 5 | They thought it was bad for children to have an ending like that . ’ |
| 6 | They said it 's illegal for anyone to go onto a British Rail line without permission . |
| 7 | That means , of course , that if they learn it 's right for a man to kill or steal , they 'll be very good at it . ’ |