Example sentences of "[prep] be a [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted it to be a surprise for you , and I 'm only telling you in advance in case — in case you should think it might have been me . " |
| 2 | It was going to be a present for herself , a comfort after the bad things she had endured . |
| 3 | Watching her , Ross asked smoothly , ‘ Is it going to be a problem for you , staying away from London for more than a few days ? ’ |
| 4 | but er at the end of the day there has to be a purpose for it so unless you , you , you put it into action , then you , if you just read , then you 're in danger of having a bigger judgment than somebody that was ignorant |
| 5 | It was here that he made his name , carrying out the first really ambitious operation of its kind in the country , which was to be a blueprint for his ‘ Great Design ’ for the Fens . |
| 6 | She says it is going to be a struggle for her because it is quite a severe leg injury but she 's determined and what we 're looking at now is very good recovery so thpat should continue . |
| 7 | The letter says be good to your god , be good to yourself , and try to be a support for us |
| 8 | You seem to be going through everything this season it seems to be a nightmare for you at times . |
| 9 | Er eh in er in Lanarkshire and Motherwell , and er at that time , being a young lad no more between er f er fourteen and twenty , I realized then that was n't going to be a life for me . |
| 10 | I just wanted to s revenge for it was supposed to be a fight for me , but I was really angry when he killed my friend so I wanted to revenge Tybaot and suddenly I killed him . |
| 11 | ‘ It was the beautiful young lady at Miss Havisham 's , and I admire her greatly , and I want to be a gentleman for her ! ’ |
| 12 | Learn from the Family Fellowship to allow your own sanity to redevelop by letting go of the self imposed stranglehold of trying to be a caretaker for some-one else . |
| 13 | She tried to be a strength for her daughter , but was overwhelmed by the enormity of what was happening to them all . |
| 14 | ‘ At the moment , ’ said Mahmoud , ‘ there does n't seem to be a lot for them to come up with . ’ |
| 15 | Richard , on the odd occasion you something for me Richard I ought to be a lot for you ! |
| 16 | There was unlikely to be a place for him in a reconstituted kingdom of Aquitaine that included Septimania and was ruled by Charles the Bald . |
| 17 | List at least five things that you could do to be a bargain for your partner . |
| 18 | It 'll be around 30 minutes long and is intended to be a trailer for their new full length video which will be released later this year [ Summer time ? ] . |
| 19 | I was never going to be a replacement for his wife , just a diversion , and I hope that , if he thinks of me at all , it is with the same shiver of half-remembered pleasure with which I think of him . |
| 20 | Drawing was always to be a liberation for him . |
| 21 | Or , if the cracker is to be a gift for someone , write the person 's name on it using a metallic pen ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 22 | This has to be a tragedy for everyone involved . ) |
| 23 | She had to be a prop for him to lean on when his own despair grew too great . |
| 24 | This has got to be a record for our group all on one day ! |
| 25 | If I 'm going to be a stand-in for him , even temporarily , like this , I really need to know more about him , and that seems as good a way as any . |
| 26 | She also added , without being asked , that Annunciata was not , in Pen 's opinion , found to be a substitute for his Lily and that the maid had fallen ill with fever soon after Wilson left and had been useless to anyone . |
| 27 | As the level of county commitment to social education lessens it would seem to be a time for us as members of local parish , town and diocesan communities to look at the priority given to such work with our own young people . |
| 28 | There was to be a review for them , when any man who would like to go back to France would be sent back by a route through Marseilles , and he would provide for any man who wished to serve with his newly formed force , the Free French . |
| 29 | There has to be a reason for it and I believe the answer lies in the ‘ widened ’ , unorthodox ‘ Vesica Piscis ’ , for by drawing a line through the north and south intersections ( see Fig 1 ) and comparing the distance from the westernmost point of the West Overton circle ( conveniently marked by Bishops Cannings church ) to the point where the line crosses the axis of the centres . |
| 30 | If you 're going to come and stand and present something to somebody there 's got to be a reason for it ? |