Example sentences of "be for me " in BNC.

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1 If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group .
2 I conducted the First Symphony during the war but the first two symphonies have always been for me a little to close to Tchaikovsky .
3 I show him how much I 've written here , how good a place it has been for me .
4 When fellwalking becomes a passion as it has been for me and many others , the summits are regarded as old friends and memories are refreshed on each visit .
5 I do n't think people have any idea how tough it has been for me .
6 Or it certainly has been for me .
7 ‘ Well , if it had n't been for me , you would n't have had it , because they asked me your character .
8 You 've no idea how good it 's been for me out here .
9 Everything my husband has done has been for me .
10 ‘ If it had n't been for me , ’ Mrs Danby said darkly , ‘ Veronica would never have gone to that wine and cheese party .
11 These syllables are for me the quintessence of the Beautiful , the Worthy , they are an inspiration , a political confession of faith and a moral and spiritual claim ’ .
12 ‘ They are for me . ’
13 As far as children with special educational needs are concerned , there are for me two main worries .
14 With the possible exception of grant-maintained status , for which I personally find it very difficult to see any merit or justification , the other provisions with potential threat for children with special needs ( open enrolment and local financial management ) are for me rather like the curate 's egg .
15 ‘ They 're not for us , they 're for me .
16 ‘ They 're not for him , ’ she denied stiffly , ‘ they 're for me . ’
17 ‘ But they 're not jumble — they 're for me !
18 Now , all these things are not just for this woman , they were for you , and they 're for me .
19 It says : ‘ If I am not for myself , who will be for me ? ’
20 The best thing will be for me to phone my aunt and then perhaps you 'll let me go and have something to eat .
21 How good Florence Ames will be for me , she thought .
22 ‘ The letters will be for me , they are always for me .
23 His language , so familiar and so foreign , will always be for me an acquired speech .
24 It was only after I had mentioned Miss Kenton that I suddenly realized how entirely inappropriate it would be for me to continue .
25 I could not think what it was that could be for me and yet so heavy .
26 I thought what a good idea it would be for me to do the same and I kept this in mind .
27 Ron and I thought that the best way to arrange this would be for me to interview the Prince about his uncle , and to tack the result on to the end of the obituary programme .
28 ‘ It will be for me … ’ said Markby resignedly .
29 There certainly would n't be for me .
30 And if I ca n't , can I begin to entertain the thought that teaching may not be for me ( as a substantial number of new teachers do ) without feeling guilty or a failure ?
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