Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] be [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It must have been murder for our mum . ’
2 It must have been hell for you .
3 There was a strange moment then , when he knew the bastard was still in the room , still watching him , and all he could do was wait for him to leave .
4 ( However , Peter Burge , the former Australian batsman who was the ICC 's match referee throughout this series , said afterwards that there would have been time for one over if a wicket had fallen in the same Tufnell over . )
5 I wonder how he would have done in today 's game , do you think there would have been room for him today ?
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