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

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1 There was every reason for me to suspect that the present was just such a case : the medical cause of the death was perfectly well known to the family — indeed I had sent them a copy of the pathologist 's report .
2 Has n't it occurred to you that in today 's harsh world it 's every girl for herself ?
3 ‘ Take the mike , give us your dots , you 've got an eight-bar play on , then it 's every man for himself .
4 Indeed , Wimbledon boss Joe Kinnear warned Brian Clough afterwards : ‘ It 's every man for himself now . ’
5 It 's every man for himself . ’
6 It 's every man for himself from now on in ! ’
7 It would have been easy for any of them to say : ‘ I 'm swimming for shore , it 's every man for himself ’ sort of thing , but they did n't .
8 It is every man for himself in Boyne City 's National Mushroom Championship , a race to collect the most morels .
9 Not that there is anything to lose by keeping the door open , but really I believed it is every man for himself .
10 It was every worker for themselves .
11 Stirling shouted that it was every man for himself .
12 What a contrast to the previous student flats she 'd shared , where it was every man for himself !
13 It was every man for himself and no concessions given .
14 From now on , it was every man for himself .
15 But now , Carey knew , it was every man for himself against the past .
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