Example sentences of "[noun] were [adj] for them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents were reluctant for them to leave home too early — particularly because of the loss of income to the family budget that would ensue — and there was a fear also of the independent youth culture with its sexual rituals , such as the ‘ monkey parade ’ , public courting areas where youth proudly proclaimed both its independence and sexuality . |
| 2 | The next few years were difficult for them all , but when Eb came home , gassed and disabled , he had done his best to put the shop back on a business footing — going in every day to work behind the counter , keeping the books , and not letting customers run up bills they could n't pay . |
| 3 | Littler was a wily businessman who knew very well that things were difficult for them and realized how badly they needed his business . |
| 4 | Perhaps arrangements were different for them . |
| 5 | Lorna Wood , a promotion activist working for the industry , gave me the full shock-horror story : ‘ People knew raisins were good for them . |
| 6 | Like everyone else , they were taken into whatever jobs were available for them . |