Example sentences of "it was [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although I thought the Callanetics course was very good for small groups , it was unsuitable for my ladies as I have members of all shapes and sizes , whose ages range from 14–83 . |
| 32 | It was sad for me , I thought , that I was the only girl in the world sufficiently stupid to permit herself to be sacrificed to his vanity . |
| 33 | It was sad for me that I had fallen in love with someone who did not love me , but it was not an experience I cared to repeat — for more and better reasons than the fear of pain . |
| 34 | Moreover , he himself had loyalties of his own to preserve , and it was well for him that he should not know too much . |
| 35 | ‘ It was crucial for us to secure this contract . |
| 36 | ‘ It was terrible for her and left her very shaken up . |
| 37 | ‘ But both Graham and I knew it was impractical for me to continue in the job and remain as manager of Exeter . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ The cases in which the principle has been applied are cases in which the nature , scope and purpose of the function vested in the repository made it unlikely that Parliament intended that it was to be exercised by the repository personally because administrative necessity indicated that it was impractical for him to act otherwise than through his officers or officers responsible to him . |
| 39 | It is clear from the conversation that there was sympathy for the person involved because it was easy for them to place themselves in that position , allowing the event to be normalized . |
| 40 | It was easy for them to feel that they were struggling to restrain their ally from some madcap act . |
| 41 | Soon she was leaving and it was easy for him to be charming . |
| 42 | It was n't easy for him , having to accept that God permitted chance , any more than it was easy for him to be a clergyman in a time when clergymen seemed superfluous . |
| 43 | It was easy for him ; the cloak of arrogance he habitually wore probably made him oblivious to the speculation of people like the receptionist . |
| 44 | I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him . |
| 45 | Bryzgin at the press conference said , ‘ It was easy for me because the others had achieved a wide margin so that I felt sure . ’ |
| 46 | It was easy for me to summon up this everyday vision , because whenever I sat on the toilet the hem was stretched between my calves , and if I leant forward it was always the salient object in my view . |
| 47 | It was easy for me to pretend to be in love with the Princess . |
| 48 | I had n't had any kind of pain relief — well , there was n't time ! — but the pain , although very intense , was only for a short time , so it was easy for me to bear . |
| 49 | Joe wrote nearly every day to Sarah , enclosing the letters in an envelope addressed to Maureen , and now it was easy for her to deliver them . |
| 50 | And it was simple for you to take a holiday ? ’ |
| 51 | The Jewish bodies turned the offer down flat , arguing that it was immoral for them to accept a loan which they had no reason to believe they would be able to repay . |
| 52 | I suppose that , as I myself had not started to smoke at that period of time , it was worse for me , just like garlic eaters . |
| 53 | It was worse for them because they had kept their child and had time to form a bond with it . ’ |
| 54 | It was strange for him at first but he soon came to enjoy it and did his best to improve the sporting standards and attitudes . |
| 55 | And it was perfect for me because a lot of the vibrato that I had developed over the years suddenly sounded more like me , because the vibrato bar was n't there taking up the slack and giving way every time I applied vibrato . |
| 56 | ‘ It was perfect for me … ’ |
| 57 | When Daniel saw his wife coming towards the cubicle to offer comfort where he could n't he flailed his arms and drove her away , leaving Mrs Marriott to cry on , not even telling himself it was good for her to cry , since how could he know , how could he imagine ? |
| 58 | Colin had never argued with anyone like himself in his life , and in fact it was good for him . |
| 59 | Although I hated the very idea of selling things to people who might not want to buy them ( even if it was good for them ) I made quite a few sales , the main commission deriving from the sale of a Group Insurance Scheme to 32 men from the Times-Herald staff . |
| 60 | I think it was good for them . |