Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] be for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The reminiscing continued — the deaths of friends , one man marching alone through the night , the terrible hard labour it was for some men to die , night marches from one safe house to another , the rain , the wet , the damp , the cold of waiting for an ambush in one place for hours .
2 So he has accepted an offer to drive the new Vector at Silverstone , but insists at the moment it is for this race only .
3 What humbug it is for some Opposition Members to say that one should buy British and then travel around in foreign cars .
4 Yeah but not but it 's not for school it 's for some people outside school , it 's a sort of
5 However , financial security is no longer the problem it was for most people ; welfare systems ensure survival .
6 It is evident that change has not been achieved as rapidly as desired , and to a large extent it is for this reason .
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