Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] the [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am the civilization for which they are fighting , ’ he replied . |
| 2 | More recently , I graduated , won a place in Cosmopolitan 's New Journalists competition and joined a feature-writing agency in London , The Write Stuff : if anyone wants an interview , I 'm The Chap for you . |
| 3 | After our first Report the tabloid journalists enjoyed themselves by writing provocative articles about how I was the professor for whom correct English did not matter . |
| 4 | Hey , Mr Pat Buchanan , you 're the man for me ; |
| 5 | Hey , Mr Pat Buchanan , you 're the man for me ; |
| 6 | And you 're the man for me . |
| 7 | I knew from the first moment you were the man for her . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps you were the sun for your little dragon ; and now she is strong enough , she wants to be free . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Had you decided she was the woman for me ? ’ |
| 10 | They are the basis for our strategy and the benchmark against which progress will be judged . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , there is still a sufficiently good chance that they are the father for them to undertake the major share of parental duties . |
| 12 | They are the justification for its binding force . |
| 13 | ‘ Well … yes … they 're the basis for our inspiration — everyday , closing our eyes and imagining all the people alive at the moment , wherever they are . |
| 14 | He was still the great lover , and the woman beside him was the reason for his constant philandering . |
| 15 | ‘ Oathbreaking , the theft of a horse , uttering false coinage — yes , I think it 's the Arena for you , Rincewind . ’ |
| 16 | The Gloucestershire Regiment — shortly to face being amalgamated as part of the Governments defence cuts — wants more young recruits and spending a day with them is one way potential soldiers find out if it 's the life for them . |
| 17 | It 's the stick for you , my lad , if you ever go down there again . |
| 18 | But I 'm unlikely to do the New York Marathon in any case , because I 'm very much a rhythm runner , and I do n't think it 's the course for me . |
| 19 | It 's the cry for us all to hear , |
| 20 | Without looking round , he said : ‘ It 's the end for me , Wallace . |
| 21 | Well it 's the stage for it int it ? |
| 22 | ‘ Then it 's the place for me , ’ said the seaman . |
| 23 | It 's the basis for your whole way of life ! ’ she exhorted , hand outstretched . |
| 24 | Alicia says you should spend time talking to a breeder before diving in to buy one , to be sure it is the breed for you . |
| 25 | It is an application of the program for determining the sequence of steps in the process and it is the process for which protection is sought . |
| 26 | It is the audience for which they and the play exist ; that is their whole reason for being . |
| 27 | It is the consort for which Morley and Rosseter published their Lessons and which supports the voices in the first seventeen of Sir William Leighton 's Teares or Lamentacions of a Sorrowfull Soule ( 1614 ) . |
| 28 | He suggested that there is a new course and he is the horse for it . |
| 29 | Richard was the team leader , he 's the guy for me to work on . |
| 30 | It was the base for his ‘ Highgrove set ’ , the gang of pals which included Camilla Parker Bowles whose friendship with Charles over the years made Diana so jealous . |