Example sentences of "[be] a [noun sg] for [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been a godsend for us to go down the street shopping , if you 've got a load of shopping you just stop right outside the gate . |
| 2 | But since then there had no longer been a reason for them to meet . |
| 3 | Colin resents the notion that he does n't carry a big punch and this could be a chance for him to try to prove otherwise as Palacio admits to having been knocked out four times in his 58-fight career . |
| 4 | For one thing , it would be a chance for her to escape some of the tension in the house . |
| 5 | We 've got lots more beautiful style ideas to show you plus there 'll be a chance for you to win a fabulous bridal make-over and appear in the magazine . |
| 6 | Compensation to Crevecoeur may also be a possibility for you to consider . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Fortunately for us they did n't and now , after this win , hopefully it will be a platform for us to build on . ’ |
| 8 | I e it would not be a problem for me to take the same line as either or any of my er opponents , or the incumbent Mr , erm you know , if they are , frankly , right . |
| 9 | I have not yet concluded the exploration , and I think that it would be a mistake for me to make any premature statement about our next intentions , but I shall keep the House informed . |
| 10 | He had not been serious , and although she had thought herself in love with him at the time he had known that it would be a mistake for them to marry — even if Burun , who was her father , had been prepared to permit such a thing . |
| 11 | If you think that you may be one of these people , there will be a form for you to complete and return to us . |
| 12 | ‘ At the moment , ’ said Mahmoud , ‘ there does n't seem to be a lot for them to come up with . ’ |
| 13 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
| 14 | It will be a time for you to use all the imagination of which you are capable , to try to think how you would be feeling if you were in her shoes , and to handle her fragile emotions very gently . |
| 15 | She had to be a prop for him to lean on when his own despair grew too great . |
| 16 | If either Council receive anything additional , it will be a matter for them to take them into account along with my report . |
| 17 | If we must have ‘ classics ’ let us accept James Steel Smith 's definition of a book that ‘ provides some special imaginative experience which the child is not likely to get from other sources — or at least in the same degree of intensity — and which ‘ it would be a shame for him to miss ’ ( 1967 , p. 121 ) . |
| 18 | Those people will always find bad in what you do , but I 'm certainly not going to go out of my way to avoid being a subject for them to beat down on . ’ |
| 19 | For example , the familiar red triangular sign picturing two running children , internationally accepted as a warning to motorists that they are approaching a school , was interpreted by almost all of a sample of children as being a sign for them to observe , not one for cautioning drivers . |
| 20 | It 's a chance for them to forget the washing up and their household chores , put their feet up and settle down for a comfortable snooze in front of their favourite television programme ( which really does n't sound much different from normal , does it ? ) |
| 21 | Here 's a chance for you to assess how well you talk in relationships . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Here 's a questionnaire for you to fill in . |
| 24 | There 's a erm if there 's a need for 'em to clean this Saturday , say they need to clean round that sedge |
| 25 | There 's a lot for you to talk about over lunch . |
| 26 | All six had conquered hardships of their own to help those in need and Celebrities Guild founder Ella Glazer said : ‘ They 're all remarkable people and it 's a pleasure for us to reward them for work which might otherwise go unmarked . ’ |
| 27 | Okay first of all er what we need you and I to decide is whether is a platform for you to continue to earn |
| 28 | When a female appears , her swollen abdomen holding eggs is a stimulus for him to engage in a zig zag dance . |
| 29 | There is a necessity for us to behave like this in order to cope with the informational complexity with which we are perpetually faced — we ‘ know ’ something works so we do it , bracketing off the rest of the world until it becomes clear that there is a need to change our basic beliefs . |
| 30 | Here is a way for you to find north and south without using a compass . |