Example sentences of "be for my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how I 'd 've coped if it had n't been for my mum . |
| 2 | ( I should point out that had it not been for my sister Etty , who had financed this latest venture , there would have been no printing business . ) |
| 3 | Your agent on Belial also murdered Federique Moshe-Rabaan in an attempt to divert Adjudicator Bishop 's suspicions : an attempt which would have succeeded had it not been for my , ’ and he preened himself , ‘ abilities at detection . |
| 4 | If it had not been for my brother , the Odonata would have drowned , just as the turtle-shaped biped drowned . |
| 5 | And I would n't have if it had n't been for my mother … |
| 6 | Been for my test today he say , and I failed . |
| 7 | They are for my bride , whether she 's a great lady or a governess . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ These are for my sons . |
| 9 | Yes , is n't , those are for my mother 's day bouquets and I just stick them in and they just come out in the vase . |
| 10 | They 're for my father , not for me , and a change will undoubtedly whet his appetite . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They 're for my wife . |
| 12 | ‘ They 're for my writing class , ’ I say . |
| 13 | Before acting out as a late Father Christmas , I want to erm , come up with some general , how shall I put it , general considerations , this is why you have slides , you realise that slides are not actually for your benefit , they 're for my benefit , that I can remember where I am and what I 'm supposed to do . |
| 14 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 15 | It could n't be for my uncle 's charms , or could it ? |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm tired of being manoeuvred into painful and irritating situations that are supposed to be for my own good . |
| 17 | I 'm subbing Neil but that 's out of money which he gives me and which really in theory ought to be for my own , own use you know for fun but I get housing benefit for him , from the council . |
| 18 | And I think I believed , or tried to believe , him when he repeatedly told me that the restrictions he placed upon me were for my own good . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's for my great-uncle . |
| 20 | It 's for my own peace of mind . ’ |
| 21 | It 's for my book , the chapter on underground entertainers . ’ |
| 22 | It 's not for me , I ca n't stand you , it 's for my mother-in-law , she liked your book . |
| 23 | He cries ; Lit 's for my friend St Herbert ! |
| 24 | Now and that 's for my benefit alone okay , what that means is that I 'll see each and every one of you in a , a role play so the first person in each role play will be Robert , Barry and Gareth , followed by Gill , , followed by Bill , Roger and Vincent and Robert again you do not deviate from that order . |
| 25 | I 'll put a I 'll put a circle round the no and there that 's for my own benefit . |
| 26 | That 's for my sister-in-law Rosemary . |
| 27 | And that 's for my pudding . |
| 28 | It 's for my camera . |
| 29 | No it 's not actually it 's for my , my young nephew . |
| 30 | That 's for my |