Example sentences of "[pers pn] be the [noun] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you were the sun for your little dragon ; and now she is strong enough , she wants to be free . ’ |
| 2 | They are the basis for our strategy and the benchmark against which progress will be judged . |
| 3 | They are the justification for its binding force . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | He was still the great lover , and the woman beside him was the reason for his constant philandering . |
| 6 | It 's the basis for your whole way of life ! ’ she exhorted , hand outstretched . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was the price for my more materialist attitude , my seeking to occupy the middle ground , between absorption in life and soaring above the cares of the earth . |
| 9 | Then it was the turn for my own hand to explore the anonymous member beyond the missing brick . |
| 10 | It was the excuse for her deep delaying gaze into the looking-glass . |
| 11 | The idea of being nice to someone because they were going to leave you their money was not pleasant ; Tom often told himself this , but it was the reason for his going to see his grandmother . |
| 12 | It was the signal for your murder . |
| 13 | As his mother-in-law had come to know him better , she seemed to have accepted that he was the man for her daughter and even to have become quite fond of him , but he appreciated this new freedom . |