Example sentences of "for [noun sg] it [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucie began to look nervously around for fear it was part of an ambush by footpads . |
| 2 | If there was anyone in the world who could match Marvin drink for drink it was Richard Burton . |
| 3 | Jack too felt a painful void — ‘ one remembers his old happy days , especially his puppyhood , with an ache ’ , and for Minto it was grief ‘ as if for a human being ’ . |
| 4 | Without water we would survive about four days , so in order of priority for life it 's number two after oxygen . |
| 5 | Later in the girls ’ see-sawing search for stardom it was Dannii who gained the upper hand when she landed the plum job singing and dancing in Australia 's mega popular Young Talent Time . |