Example sentences of "[conj] it be for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Discipline was rigid and we respected it , but resented it too , because of a particular juvenile arrogance that must have been founded on the knowledge that the world was changing a lot more than they realised , and it was for us that it was changing . |
| 32 | And it was for my benefit — to show what he was about to do to me . |
| 33 | What a laugh , Modern English merit respect even if it 's for their sheer determination and sense of humour . |
| 34 | Well , I says to him , I 'm getting sick of these calls cos you do n't know if it 's for him or him . |
| 35 | Er and I suppose the great you know lesson of social sciences in , in some ways if it 's , if it 's for anything it ought to be to try and avoid that kind of disaster , because erm if we understood ourselves better we might you know in the future try and avoid that thing because we just would n't attempt if , if that was n't an attempt to be . |
| 36 | ‘ If it 's for you , you would want to open it yourself . |
| 37 | ‘ I asked if it was for himself or his mother . |
| 38 | Inside there is more marble , — the marbled floor is very good — but it is for its art that the interior is famous . |
| 39 | It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves . |
| 40 | The specimen may be of blood or urine , but it is for me to decide which . |
| 41 | Towards the end of his time with us , Peter began to develop a midfield role in the craftier confines of Division Two , but it is for his goalscoring exploits that Palace fans chiefly remember him . |
| 42 | — But it is for his gift of sympathy and understanding for the teachers who worked with him which far exceeded his obligation that I shall largely remember him . |
| 43 | Come here to see me if you will ; mother asks you , and I want you , but it is for you to come or not as you feel best , or as you like . |
| 44 | But it is for you already , any fool can see you 're in no shape to continue . |
| 45 | ‘ Call it a wedding gift , ’ he advised harshly , ‘ but it is for you alone , not a thing to share with your future husband . |
| 46 | In England , no such evidence has come forward , but it is for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland to decide whether he is convinced by the evidence . |
| 47 | But it 's for me too — I got such a buzz out of seeing the kids ’ faces at that show . |
| 48 | ‘ Nobody wants to exterminate them but it 's for their own good . |
| 49 | Now this last one here is called Living the Prayer and it 's like the other quite a few of the others , erm but it 's for you , it 's not for not for us it 's not to be shared . |
| 50 | It 's very little , all I 've managed to save , but it 's for you to use until I come back . |
| 51 | In other words it 's not part of its standard employment allocation but it 's put it in the local plan so that people know , the locals know , that that field over there those fields over there erm are not guaranteed for ever as countryside but on the other hand they 're jolly well not gon na be released unless it 's for something extremely special for which there would be a statement carried through from the structure plan , elaborated on no doubt at local level , which set the rules . |
| 52 | this freedom we talk about is worthy of their support because it is for them we fight ; it is for the establishment of a social system that is going to provide them with the opportunity and the means to develop all that is best in them and the Nation . |
| 53 | . Let me say now , that most of things that we do in this part of the course , I do n't ask you to tell me what you 've written down , stress is a very personal thing , your reaction to it , so do n't worry , you write down anything that you want to write down , because it is for you . |
| 54 | Then I inhale long and slowly , because it 's for me to make the move . |
| 55 | Why is one of the shirts a different size ? — Because it 's for someone else . |
| 56 | ‘ … the girls were very excited about it , because it was for them and there was an opportunity to use the equipment ’ |
| 57 | Difficult though it was for her , however , are we entitled to assume that her French upbringing was bound to give her an adverse picture of her Scottish kingdom , and that her view was justified ? |
| 58 | You come and go with your offerings of help and affection , knowing that what they really need is a constant presence , and sometimes this knowledge can be as painful for you as it is for them . |
| 59 | It was as difficult for them to develop a public analysis of rape eight years ago as it is for them today publicly to acknowledge the extent of sexual abuse of girls and young women inside and outside the home . |
| 60 | While aware of Celtic 's recent problems , Miller stressed : ‘ This game is as important for us as it is for them . |