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

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1 But is there anything I can be doing for you , my heart ?
2 All she can do is tack forward and crash into him , which would be suicide for them all .
3 What may suit you would be folly for him .
4 John has always gone out of his way to try and persuade similar sufferers that there may be help for them in alternative therapies .
5 you know , I mean , there must be compensation for something must n't there ?
6 She had a point ; the sports clothes were in the first part of the programme — there should be time for her to change into the wedding dress for the finale .
7 There 'll be money for you and the baby .
8 Have a go with the wood , here 's the wood , write Michelle the answer 's no , but later on I 'm sure there 'll be time for you to do it too .
9 There were anonymous letters to my parents , postmarked Chippenham , Corsham , Bath and London , telling them to watch out and do something about their son or there would be trouble for them .
10 When each main idea has been sufficiently tested and sufficient knowledge has been gained , the chief executive goes public and announces the decision secure in the knowledge that there will be support for it , because the decision merely ‘ crystallizes ’ the views already put to him , whether he subtly induced them or not .
11 But , even when people have had spells of very bad illness , they may still live for many years and there will be time for them to make good plans for their children .
12 There will be time for us to have a look round Westminster Abbey , ’ said Lady Selvedge , not in the least disturbed by the upsetting little incident of the pudding .
13 That is , assuming there will be room for them once the full panoply of testing and assessment is in place .
14 Of course it must be agony for him to go shopping for me ( what does he do at the chemist 's ? ) , so I suppose he prefers to get it all over in one go .
15 It 's so sincere and done with such love that you know it must be agony for them and your one thought is , ‘ Oh God , how could I have hurt these people like that ? ’
16 It must be hell for you living with flesh that bubbles and erupts and goes a ghastly shade of taramasalata —
17 ‘ I 'm sorry about you and Garry ; it must be torture for you to lose him , but his wife and child must come first , ’ she said sympathetically .
18 It 'll be company for 'im . ’
19 ‘ I thought it would give you something to do , now that you 've had to give up that idea of working full-time , and with Hugh away in , well , wherever it is , it 'll be company for you . ’
20 " It 'll be work for somebody , anyway .
21 Oh , it 'll be purgatory for me at least , I 'm sure .
22 When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’
23 It 'll be time for me to go and collect Maria soon — ‘
24 If I do n't get back and find Jeff soon it 'll be time for my last bus and I ca n't go without seeing him .
25 I would have thought that we might go on holiday , well going on quite a long holiday , we 're going on holiday after the project video 's completed , so it 'll be Christmas for me
26 ‘ It 's a pity that Stephen has met this girl who seems to want his every free minute or he 'd be company for you . ’
27 I dare not spend another farthing , and it would be suicide for me to go to the bank , even if Richard agreed , which he wo n't . ’
28 At a time when the world 's largest nuclear power is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , if not worse , and when 27,000 nuclear weapons exist there , the vast majority of which are capable of inflicting considerable damage on this and other countries , it would be lunacy for us to undermine our nuclear deterrent .
29 ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ he asked , going on to apologise that he would have to leave them shortly since it would be time for his surgery .
30 It would be madness for me to refuse you through hurt pride when all I want to do is be with you , as I have just found out . ’
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