Example sentences of "be [pron] for them " in BNC.

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1 If all were clear , undilemmatic and utterly consistent for the members of a society , there would be nothing for them to argue about , and thereby nothing about which to deliberate .
2 There has to be something for them to think about .
3 ‘ That 's nothing for them to smile about , ’ I said , quite shocked at their callousness .
4 Well there 's nothing for them
5 for example , that if a sporting event ends prematurely because of bad weather , or of attendance falls short of anticipated levels , some or all of the casual labour force can be discharged and workers need not be carried when there is nothing for them to do .
6 It is time he responded and paid compensation to those farmers , and allowed them to get on with earning their livelihood , instead of telling them that there is nothing for them from the Ministry of Agriculture .
7 there is nothing for them .
8 Having a spill gives them a thrill , and it 's something for them to talk about afterwards . ’
9 Ah I do n't know if Russell 's going , I mean that 's something for them to sort out upstairs .
10 ‘ What hope is there for them this Lent ?
11 They will be confused as to why people like them , is it the cash or is it for them ?
12 We 've been over this place time and time again and there 's nowt for them to get . "
13 but he loves what he 's doing , absolutely loves it cos there 's nowt for them here is there ?
14 To find out if there is anything for them in this , many westerners have turned to ‘ The Art of War ’ ( Delta ; $1.95 ) by Sun Tzu , a 2,000-year-old best-seller .
15 The bottom line was that there was nothing for them to do and those thoroughbred young men were too bright and too vigorous to put up with endless bull .
16 And the Bishop married me there and the vicar and er quite a lot of people had come there from all over like because I was being marrying in the Welsh church you see , I did n't have a lot of And the Bishop married me , that was something for them to come .
17 Those that did n't , that was it for them . ’
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