Example sentences of "[conj] it was [adj -er] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harriet Tremayne , her mother , had been strongly against this , but Tom , her husband , a charming , indolent and indulgent man , had argued , with a certain degree of logic , that ‘ the girl had to do some kind of war work ’ and that it was better for her ‘ to do something she had set her heart on ’ . |
| 2 | Eileen 's commanding officer took them to a room and gave them tea , and tried to explain to them that it was better for her to remain . |
| 3 | He drove them to the station and they returned , sad for their sister and still not convinced that it was better for her not to come home . |
| 4 | The argument is that it was easier for them to maintain the part of their image of statelessness which consisted of ‘ how we have always done things ’ , than it would have been if they had individually moved into town and settled into a bidonville . |
| 5 | But my mother came first is n't it and it was easier for me . |
| 6 | So it but it was easier for you to go home if you wanted to I suppose . |
| 7 | Her guides would have lemon squash because it was better for them and less expensive . |
| 8 | It 's not my family you know , ’ because it was better for her to stop . |