Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] be [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The early inhabitants had to go where there was grass for their animals to feed on and this mobile existence dictated that the home was some form of tent .
2 The early inhabitants had to go where there was grass for their animals to feed on and this mobile existence dictated that the home was some form of tent .
3 But there seems no room for any notion of the decorous in Olson 's ‘ objectism ’ , any more than there is room for it in the lawless world of the Cantos , or in Pound himself when he is without a master to translate , whose example makes him surpass himself .
4 There is a flat at the top of our house where our younger son and his wife had lived until Mark was a year old , so there was accommodation for them : they need n't be homeless even if they were penniless !
5 Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves .
6 When the patient is having long-term treatment at home , it is often worthwhile for him to invest in his own treatment plinth , if he can afford it , and if there is space for it .
7 If there is trouble for them they will find a way of paying me back for revealing their names .
8 On the thorny question of support for the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment on its kit ( UX Nos 375 , 379 ) , Sun will now say only that if there is demand for it from customers , then ‘ fine , why not ?
9 There he was provisioned with every known variety of soft drink , and kept virtually incommunicado until it was time for him to travel to Broadcasting House .
10 ‘ Of course , ’ Fabia replied , and from then until it was time for her to drive Cara to the airport she listened intently to all her sister had to impart .
11 I really thought that I would have asked Chris if he is pay for his erm Society here in .
12 If you will be abroad on polling day you have to vote by proxy unless there is time for you to apply for , receive and return a postal ballot paper before leaving the United Kingdom .
13 Junctions controlled by traffic lights do not go forward when the traffic lights are green unless there is room for you to clear the junction safely , never go forward when the red , amber lights are shown together , when traffic lights have a green arrow filter signal , do not get into the lane when filtering is allowed unless you .
14 Because there 's room for me , ’ he said .
15 ‘ My father 's old housekeeper — he and she grew old together — has a daughter who needs to make money ; , she lives in Nile Street , and if you were to say that I sent you , she might well be glad to put you up till it is time for you to go to Oxford . ’
16 Yeah , because it 's money for you to spend
17 At first it were good because it were incentive for her to keep going because she 'd , you know , paid so much but toward the end , she said , it were getting ridiculous .
18 I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else .
19 but I 'm afraid it may be quite a time before there 's room for you , although I 'd love to have you . ’
20 He must be able to stamp his authority not only on his team but on the peloton as a whole , directing the whole tenor of the race before it is time for him to go to the front and win .
21 From long experience he knew the hangover would pass before it was time for him to stalk on stage and rebuke Hamlet for grieving overmuch for his father .
22 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
23 Indeed , the hard-liners who always argue that monetary stability has to be a higher priority than growth and jobs have claimed that the Chancellor would be irresponsible in not raising taxes as soon as there is scope for him to do so .
24 As there is acclamation for my hon. Friend , I am delighted to give way .
25 Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy .
26 They look out of the windows when it 's time for me to come home .
27 When it 's time for you to go , then you must go .
28 When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom .
29 Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital .
30 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
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