Example sentences of "[pron] [be] a [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fig 7 ) The intro from It 's Only Love is one of my personal favourites ( I 'm a sucker for anything that uses the old White Room ploy ! ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Because I like the fashion , and because I 'm an activist for what I believe in . |
| 3 | You go from er Hopeworths , Mason and Burnhams , John , Gill and Russells , Walker Brothers it was er a terribly industrial , well you could fi Road used to be all granite sets in the road , there was n't the , because there was so much traffic went up and down er it was all made of granite sets when I , when I was a kid , but my , shall I tell you what I used to do when I was a kid for my Saturday morning ? |
| 4 | Apart from those recommendations relating to fiscal measures , which are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer , we have set targets for action on every one of the recommendations — and we shall report again on progress in six months . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've invested our money back into a system others can come through , which is a way for us to stay fresh and help people we believe in . ’ |
| 6 | But we ca n't haunt places we 'd never been to , which is a bore for me , because I was so young when I died I 'd hardly been anywhere . |
| 7 | ‘ He lost 10 or 11 kilos , which is a lot for him . |
| 8 | Which is an explanation for my bloody-mindedness , I know , but no excuse . ’ |
| 9 | In 1925 , Herbert Macaulay produced West Africa 's first successful daily newspaper , the Lagos Daily News , which was a mouthpiece for his National Democratic party . |
| 10 | Suddenly the Sergeant stood up which was a signal for us to go outside again . |
| 11 | ‘ You are a stringer for them , after all . |
| 12 | Remember that when you are out with your metal detector you are an ambassador for our hobby . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't think you were a man for whom family relationships would be important . ’ |
| 14 | She can tap that source , channel the current , and direct it outwardly , but she herself is not that source ; she is a container for it . |
| 15 | She was a sucker for his charm . |
| 16 | Sien , he stressed , was that kind of person : in other words she was a substitute for something else — as prostitutes are — and from an inferior class . |
| 17 | I think we 're a handful for them actually , a lot of us . |
| 18 | ‘ If Barnes , Waddle , Lineker play to form , and please God he gives Gascoigne a free role , we 're a match for anyone ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps I 'm missing something , but I do n't see how swapping a huge Tory majority for a small one is a triumph for them and a disaster for us — a relief for them and a disappointment for us , perhaps . |
| 20 | Could there be a warning for him in the circumstances of Tubby 's decline ? |
| 21 | He felt as though there were a space for him in the universe , and he exactly filled it . |
| 22 | ‘ There 's a present for you . |
| 23 | Providing you live in London , there 's a chance for you to win one of two scholarships to attend The Guitar Institute 's one-year , full-time course commencing this September . |
| 24 | But missing is n't — well , there 's a chance for your Rob , is n't there ? |
| 25 | Which you 'll remember you were told to do so that there 's a space For your name . |
| 26 | There 's a colour for you ! |
| 27 | One two three now this is a bit silly , oh there 's a pen for me , thank you very much . |
| 28 | ’ I understand that there 's a price for everything . ’ |
| 29 | What are you doing with it there 's a competition for what , for a monologue ? |
| 30 | There 's a film for you . |