Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] be [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's doing no harm here , and I 'm company for her . ’ |
| 2 | And there is room for them all to do better than each other . |
| 3 | The other consultants in the team are expected to integrate around that style and there is pressure for them to be seen to do so . |
| 4 | There were more puris — a whole basketful — eaten with hot spicy potatoes , fried in mustard oil brought back from Aula , and there was rice for everyone , and an emerald green soup of wild young ka kani leaves . |
| 5 | He heaved again at the floor plate and there was room for his feet to slide down towards the blurred stones between the sleepers . |
| 6 | Welcome back : And it 's time for our third and last look backstage at the hit musical Barnum . |
| 7 | Kenny does the same , and he relates animal wants to Aristotle 's notion of epithumia , or sensual desire : ‘ It is felt desire , and it is desire for something now , desire which is more or less continuously felt until it is satisfied ( like hunger , sleepiness , thirst ) ’ ( 1975 : 49 ) . |
| 8 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
| 9 | When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door . |
| 10 | Then , when the show was over and it was time for everyone to wake up and go home , they opened up the roof — the whole thing rolls back to one side . |
| 11 | Mr Eames was just getting up , convinced that juniors and upstarts were usurping the stage and it was time for him to be where the action was , when he was interrupted by the bell . |
| 12 | Twelve lengths of the pool and it was time for my aquatone class — which turned out to be aerobics in water . |
| 13 | They may be resented or hated , but there is admiration for their supposed ‘ industriousness ’ , ‘ ambitiousness ’ , ‘ enterprise ’ , ‘ family values ’ , ‘ respect and care for their elderly ’ , ‘ respect for authority ’ , and so on . |
| 14 | Oh she knew the bloke , she 'd be she 'd been out with him a few times before right , he 's , he 's not a bad bloke but like I said like I said erm but he 's respect for her I said to her |
| 15 | I have some wonderful memories which I will always cherish but it is time for someone else to take over . |
| 16 | ‘ Course , it 's crap for actors , but it 's experience for you . ’ |