Example sentences of "be [art] present for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was going to be a present for herself , a comfort after the bad things she had endured . |
| 2 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 3 | He would flirt with the girls who sold them to him and pretend they were a present for his mother . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's a present for you . |
| 5 | Oh it 's a present for you |
| 6 | When she brought it down the hospital she said here you are nan er mum she said , nan she said it 's a present for you she said , so we did laugh . |
| 7 | It 's a present for my mother . |
| 8 | ‘ It is a present for you and your family , with Ernest 's very best wishes . ’ |
| 9 | The whole operation was for Reagan 's sake , as well as the hostages ' ; it was a present for him , preferably one to be delivered by Christmas , or by the State of the Union address in January , or by the elections in November . |