Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] for someone [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not unusual for someone to wonder whether undergoing hypnosis is likely to induce any unpleasant or harmful side-effects . |
| 2 | ‘ Now , it 's not unusual for someone to come in off the street and tell us they owe a million . ’ |
| 3 | It 's fairly easy for someone to call you that , but it 's fairly difficult to convince yourself that you are . |
| 4 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 5 | Many young people in Gateshead have grown up in families in which it is very rare for someone to have a full-time , decent and well-paid job . |
| 6 | Windows is rapidly becoming the standard for personal computer interfaces so it is very easy for someone to move to using the pen version . |
| 7 | But as the development officer said , ‘ there are also a lot of people in need , so it 's very easy for someone to fall through the net ’ . |
| 8 | It was not uncommon for someone to take a wrong turning and be found wandering three weeks later , cold and hungry . |
| 9 | It was usually necessary for someone to suffer when Harry was bored . |
| 10 | It was quite possible for someone to start from relatively humble beginnings and work one 's way up in society through trade guild or livery company affiliation to become a member of the town council . |
| 11 | The problem was that it was theoretically possible for someone to introduce poison gas into a remote and perhaps unguarded part of the system and for the noxious fumes to be carried through to the General-Secretary 's apartments or office . |