Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pron] be for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it .
2 We do not know what legal or moral basis there was for it .
3 The same day , Mobutu warned the conference against this course , asserting in a statement read on national radio that under the present Constitution it was for him to appoint the head of government .
4 What a terrible thing it is for our literary establishment to be peopled by degenerates like this , he felt .
5 Come along , we 'll go and find the very nicest apple there is for you . ’
6 The more time and energy you give to developing residencies in hospitals and working with other people the less time there is for your own work .
7 Whatever the uncertainties of the precise dates , events and social connections in Rolle 's life it is clear from external and internal evidence that he felt increasingly compelled towards a solitary life because it facilitated contemplative inner life which was for him the reality to be cultivated above all other .
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