Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] a [noun] for i " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | Even so , it 's a start for me . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It 's an N for me when it goes back . |
| 6 | ‘ But it is a relief for me and my family to grieve for our loss . ’ |
| 7 | It is a pleasure for me to announce the inaugural International First Turkey , and to award it to Mr Kaneo Nakamura , recent chairman of the Industrial Bank of Japan ( IBJ ) . |
| 8 | " It is an honour for me to meet the son of Dermot Corcoran , " Collins said immediately . |
| 9 | Whenever I went to Fisherton Street it was a must for me to go to Pickfords , the carriers for The Great Western Railway , just to gaze in the window , for right in the centre was a beautiful scale model of one of their pantechnicons , some two feet in length . |
| 10 | It was a privilege for me to be invited to one of the Criterion Evenings which were held at irregular intervals at 24 Russell Square . |
| 11 | ‘ It was a mistake for me to stay after Friday evening . |
| 12 | I met George only when I came here , and it was a pleasure for me to meet such a good and conscientious man of the people . |
| 13 | It was an opportunity for me . |
| 14 | I was given to understand it was an honour for me to have been invited , and I was very much on trial . |
| 15 | ‘ He beat me at New Marske and he was a target for me in this one . ’ |