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

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1 This has the advantage of being an area for which accident statistics are routinely recorded as well as being easy to specify to subjects and involving many of the more interesting aspects of driving .
2 there , there , there be fighting and shoving and pushing for the power and then it says there that it will look as though the , the north king will take all over , all over the what , what spread all over the earth and then it says gradually he will go right back to his ho go home , gradually will be stepping back , right back to his home and there 's going to be no helper for him
3 Since there appeared to be no help for it , she admitted to being who she was .
4 There seemed to Theodora to be no help for it .
5 Was there to be no certainty for him , then ?
6 ‘ They are obviously regretting that they let her start the paper round , but there seemed to be no reason for them to object to it . ’
7 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 . "
8 It was going to be a present for herself , a comfort after the bad things she had endured .
9 Watching her , Ross asked smoothly , ‘ Is it going to be a problem for you , staying away from London for more than a few days ? ’
10 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
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 The letter says be good to your god , be good to yourself , and try to be a support for us
14 You seem to be going through everything this season it seems to be a nightmare for you at times .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 ‘ It was the beautiful young lady at Miss Havisham 's , and I admire her greatly , and I want to be a gentleman for her ! ’
18 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 .
19 She tried to be a strength for her daughter , but was overwhelmed by the enormity of what was happening to them all .
20 ‘ At the moment , ’ said Mahmoud , ‘ there does n't seem to be a lot for them to come up with . ’
21 Richard , on the odd occasion you something for me Richard I ought to be a lot for you !
22 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 .
23 List at least five things that you could do to be a bargain for your partner .
24 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 ? ] .
25 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 .
26 Drawing was always to be a liberation for him .
27 Or , if the cracker is to be a gift for someone , write the person 's name on it using a metallic pen ( Fig 3 ) .
28 This has to be a tragedy for everyone involved . )
29 She had to be a prop for him to lean on when his own despair grew too great .
30 This has got to be a record for our group all on one day !
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