Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] a [noun] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You are a stringer for them , after all . |
2 | She can tap that source , channel the current , and direct it outwardly , but she herself is not that source ; she is a container for it . |
3 | I think we 're a handful for them actually , a lot of us . |
4 | It 's a dream for me to be here making an album with them ’ she added as she arrived in the UK five months after her visit to record ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ . |
5 | Oh it 's a present for you |
6 | When she brought it down the hospital she said here you are nan er mum she said , nan she said it 's a present for you she said , so we did laugh . |
7 | Oh well , it 's a sport for him , yes . |
8 | It 's a chance for them to forget the washing up and their household chores , put their feet up and settle down for a comfortable snooze in front of their favourite television programme ( which really does n't sound much different from normal , does it ? ) |
9 | We could say well there 's our it 's a half for you and a half for you and we cut the other one and they get a half each . |
10 | ‘ It 's a messenger for you , Major Karr , ’ she said , the use of Karr 's rank indicating to them all that the man was within hearing in the next room . |
11 | ‘ It 's a package for you . ’ |
12 | At the end of the day it 's a matter for you . |
13 | It 's a matter for you as individuals is n't it if you witness something ? |
14 | We are concerned in fact that er the western nations did n't rather deplore earlier er Hussein 's actions against his own people using chemical weapons , and we think it 's a shame for us that we 've only come in at this point , and we must come in carefully I think . |
15 | Stuff like what you 're talking about , it 's a game for him . |
16 | It 's a bargain for you and a money spinner for the airline , which can take the lion 's share of the profits . |
17 | All six had conquered hardships of their own to help those in need and Celebrities Guild founder Ella Glazer said : ‘ They 're all remarkable people and it 's a pleasure for us to reward them for work which might otherwise go unmarked . ’ |
18 | I 'm sure some of you last year or least last week or even last month , read about the black sack that had all the wonderful jewels in it that came into a charity shop and I think it 's a lesson for us all is n't it , not not to miss anything in a black sack , Jacqui . |
19 | It 's a job for you . |
20 | Even so , it 's a start for me . |
21 | Well no , actually what she said , said something to me , I ca n't remember what he said now and I said oh I said it 's a start for you . |
22 | If I 've got to turn out drawers or turn out the airing cupboard or get the kitchen tidy , it 's a relaxation for me and I like it , or just going through some interior decoration books or moving the furniture round — I 'm a great mover of furniture . |
23 | It 's an honour for us to have it here in Gloucester . |
24 | you know , below the shadow of both the next two properties , we shall , we shall , you know , just have a brick wall , and if they they just shifted the garage to one end and as far as I 'm concerned it 's an excuse for them to put up the power , that is , |
25 | It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too . |
26 | It 's an N for me when it goes back . |
27 | Jan Aage says it 's an education for him and he 's got top learn how to play with the boys |
28 | And it 's an opportunity for her and me to say a couple of words to us , and for us certainly to thank her very much for her service . |
29 | Erm , again it 's an option for them to have if need be . |
30 | ‘ It is a nightmare for us , ’ said headmaster Keef Visser , who taught one of the missing boys . |