Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [art] [noun] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You go from er Hopeworths , Mason and Burnhams , John , Gill and Russells , Walker Brothers it was er a terribly industrial , well you could fi Road used to be all granite sets in the road , there was n't the , because there was so much traffic went up and down er it was all made of granite sets when I , when I was a kid , but my , shall I tell you what I used to do when I was a kid for my Saturday morning ? |
| 2 | I was no match for your proud , muscular strength : after a few yards I was exhausted , and you would take over , shoving the burden along with tireless energy . |
| 3 | Remember that when you are out with your metal detector you are an ambassador for our hobby . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps you were the sun for your little dragon ; and now she is strong enough , she wants to be free . ’ |
| 5 | Though he appeared no longer bent on seduction , nor even aware of her seeming absence , Isabel knew she was no match for his strength . |
| 6 | She was a sucker for his charm . |
| 7 | They are the basis for our strategy and the benchmark against which progress will be judged . |
| 8 | They are the justification for its binding force . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | He would flirt with the girls who sold them to him and pretend they were a present for his mother . |
| 11 | He was still the great lover , and the woman beside him was the reason for his constant philandering . |
| 12 | It 's a present for my mother . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a job for your father and brothers , Grace , not you ! |
| 14 | It 's no fun for my colleagues to be away . |
| 15 | It 's the basis for your whole way of life ! ’ she exhorted , hand outstretched . |
| 16 | It 's an inspiration for their creative talents . |
| 17 | It is a matter for their boards of management and we should expect them , like all bodies that are publicly funded , to get value for money . |
| 18 | My views are well known , but it is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 19 | As I said , it is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 20 | I was very happy at Emmanuel Church and the University Congregational Society , and it is a joy for my husband Michael and me that we are still in touch with so many friends from CongSoc , and in fact some of us still meet every year for a few days in the Lake District . |
| 21 | The boy feels hostile towards his father as he believes he is a rival for his mother 's intentions . |
| 22 | NOT many men get the better of judo hero Ray Stevens … but he 's a pushover for his little lad . |
| 23 | Stephen Conroy and I had the same tutor , Geoff Squires , and maybe he 's a model for our life drawing . |
| 24 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 25 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 26 | First it was a little bit of yellow fish for her landlady 's cat — the poor thing was half starved — then it was a bulb for her bedside lamp , and lastly she remembered that a friend of hers had just opened in a play in Manchester and there just might be a review in the evening paper . |
| 27 | But it was not a parent — it was a letter for her brother Branwell . |
| 28 | It was a disappointment for his many fans not to see him in action . |
| 29 | It was a mailshot for his own agency , which was then starting up , to potential clients . |
| 30 | It was a demand for his own deselection . |