Example sentences of "[vb mod] be the [adj -er] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Leave go , missis , or it 'll be the worse for you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ See you do n't , or it 'll be the worse for you ! |
| 3 | If I could take up my pen again and find some hard , satisfying work it would be the better for me . ’ |
| 4 | If you choose to disobey , it will be the worse for you . ’ |
| 5 | Do n't let him ever remember what the sun-god told him , or it will be the worse for you . " |
| 6 | I give you ten years , sir , ’ he said to Havvie , ‘ but you are in bad condition , I see , so sweeten your language in future , or it will be the worse for you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Go away from here , and leave Rohan alone , or it will be the worse for you . |
| 8 | The players , 21 from 28 of whom will be back for the coming season , will be the better for their teething experience ’ . |
| 9 | London will be the poorer for its passing ; yet London requires that it must go . |
| 10 | If , as I have discovered from studying continental educational systems at first hand , fixed contracts bring fixed commitments , our children ( and their parents ) will be the poorer for it . |
| 11 | James Tunney , the Deputy Speaker of the Irish Dáil , commented that " our deliberations will be the weaker for their absence " . |