Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] it be for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I painted it was for myself , I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting ; I did n't have to worry about whether anyone was interested in it or not or whether I would exhibit it in a commercial gallery or whether it would be sold . |
| 2 | Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her . |
| 3 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 4 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I think it 's for your shepherd . ’ |
| 6 | But , I think it is for your children , but erm I 've I worked er , before I had the children and |
| 7 | I think it is for you purely to decide , that this application does not affect the house . |
| 8 | I think it was for you . |
| 9 | So I said yes , I we I explained why I wa I was asking the question , I said it was for my son , and er I said , but mine 's just a , a microwave I sa and he said , well he said they re the combination ones now he said are really you know , what you need . |
| 10 | And what do you think it was for me ? |
| 11 | She 's coming round , sh you know , she understands it 's for her benefit as well because the doors on the council houses they 're like that , just rotten ! |
| 12 | It had a Birmingham postmark and was addressed to ‘ Robert Hilton ’ and she assumed it was for her son . |
| 13 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
| 14 | But we believe we know what at this moment the country wants , and we believe it is for us in our strength to do what no other party can do at this moment and to say that we at any rate stand for peace … |
| 15 | I 've just been at a two day conference at erm not very far from here , at Wisden House in which erm a number of erm top industrialists erm led by the former chairman of I C I have all unanimously been saying how bad they think it is for our future technological development and export development if overseas students get out of the habit of coming here . |
| 16 | They said it was for her own protection and they felt she might not surrender to the court . |
| 17 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 18 | Now lets just close with those words of of Peter , on the day of pentecost , it 's not for other just , he says it 's for you , it 's for your children , and it 's to as many as there are far off , right down through the centuries , as many as the Lord our God shall call . |
| 19 | He says it was for their funeral but now they 've got nothing . |
| 20 | He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer . |
| 21 | But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message . |