Example sentences of "[verb] it be [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another thing about smoking , although nobody 's denying it 's bad for you , is the fact is that , it 's overwhelming the core of women who smoke , who also have worst diets , they also tend to have worse stress , it 's used as a very convenient scapegoat . |
| 2 | ‘ Has it been difficult for you at work ? ’ |
| 3 | But then I really do n't know it 's right for me to be helping you with such dubious assignations . ’ |
| 4 | Yes I do know it 's bad for my health as a matter of fact , that 's why I like it . |
| 5 | I expect it 's hard for them to find their feet on these shifting sands . ’ |
| 6 | They let all the big companies go round digging holes in the road , and when people fall in and complain they say it 's all for their own good , and after a while they hope the people will revolt so they can give the police guns and thin out the population , and then they 'll have a police state — which is what they 've always wanted — and the rich will be able to live in peace . ’ |
| 7 | The council says it 's better for everyone , but unions say smokers are being victimised . |
| 8 | Even though it says it 's free for you to do it , they 'll still ring up another number |
| 9 | And he says you can because he says it 's important for it to be a living thing that 's got to change with the time . |
| 10 | To say this would be to deny the universality of what Professor A. J. Ayer says it is natural for us to assume , namely that we use the same word in different situations because we have noticed a distinctive common feature . |
| 11 | When their control is threatened it is possible for them to obtain relief by displacing a prominently misbehaving pupil . |
| 12 | I just did n't feel it was right for me , not then — he was angry , disappointed in me — ’ |
| 13 | It 's wrong to assume that just because a cream says it contains plant extracts it 's better for your skin . |
| 14 | If you like to look back at the cathedral office in an hour , I 'll see it 's ready for you . |
| 15 | ‘ That you wear it is sufficient for my purpose . |
| 16 | The sisters would be told that Buzz had agreed it was best for her to leave . |
| 17 | In spite of himself Joe was impressed by the earnestness in Chris 's voice and said less forcefully , ‘ I know it 's easy for me to talk , I 've never been in this situation , but what 's going to happen ? |
| 18 | Most people want to like art — they know it 's good for you , or at any rate looks good on you — but face to face with a great painting they feel like gate-crashers at a Mayfair reception . |
| 19 | Oh gosh , that 's good for you , you know it 's good for your co-ordination . |
| 20 | ‘ Look , Maud , ’ pleaded Mildred , ‘ I know it 's hard for you to believe me , but that frog in the pond really is a magician and he can only be changed back by another magician . |
| 21 | ‘ Serve the Captain first — and do n't give me any , you know it 's bad for me , not more than a taste , one slice — that 's enough ! |
| 22 | I know it 's bad for you , but what is n't these days ? ’ |
| 23 | Time Out publisher Tony Elliott , who is chairman of the TV Listings Campaign lobby group , says : ‘ We ended with a decision which was very favourable to us — about £1,000 a year for Time Out — and we know it 's unrealistic for us to complain , although a large number of publishers believe this information should be completely free . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I know it 's difficult for you , living in a world of make-believe as you obviously do . |
| 25 | But — oh , Ellie , there was such a to-do last time , Phena carrying on as though she were the only person in the world who had been lied to , and I know it was hard for her , and Feargal would have given her all this without a blink , but she wanted to play the martyr , and now makes him pay for it in oh , so many little ways . ’ |
| 26 | The problem is that when a parent is feeling depressed or overwrought it is difficult for them to think of alternative strategies . |
| 27 | Remember it is illegal for anyone to use a metal detector on a scheduled ancient monument unless permission has been obtained from the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 28 | In the premier league it 's West Ham against Swindon at Upton Park … last season of course they faced each other in the first division … in London Town came out on top and it was this win that sparked their promotion run … so let's hope it 's lucky for them again |
| 29 | No I 'm just saying it 's harder for me , it was harder to have two people tutoring me because I , you were coming in with suggestions that you know already , you were n't , like then John was coming in |
| 30 | But usually I decide it 's OK for them , but not for me — I could n't bear it , I 'd feel fat . |