Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [det] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except that it 's more likely the man , because , you know , the child talked about him dying , but in a funny way , as if dying was another name for something else . |
| 2 | Gary Kemp 's portrayal of the homosexual psychopath Ronnie is utterly chilling ; we are not shown what he does in bed , but it can not have been much fun for his boyfriend . |
| 3 | Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . |
| 4 | If only they 'd started when they were young like himself , there might have been some hope for them . |
| 5 | There may have been some support for him among the cardinals , but they were not prepared to act in concert and several now put themselves forward . |
| 6 | When government stock issues had been taken up predominantly by the triad , there had been little need for anything much in the way of a " market " ; but the change in the structure of debt ownership led inevitably to the emergence of broking and jobbing practices which were to become institutionalised into the Stock Exchange . |
| 7 | And what I really need is another card for my purse ! |