Example sentences of "and [pron] be [adj] for them " in BNC.

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1 My hon. Friend puts his remarks well , and I am grateful for them .
2 Miles better probably than the Manager ever anticipated ; he 's delighted they 're up there , I tell ya and you know , it 's my old club and I 'm pleased for them in that way , but I wan na see us finish off well , but pass the ball .
3 I was the only one who cared what happened to the two poor creatures , and I was afraid for them .
4 Everyone was out , and she was impatient for them all to come in .
5 But we 've got a young side at Cardiff now and it 's good for them to play against these players , to see that they 're only human beings after all . ’
6 It does n't necessarily mean that they 're unscrupulous in the way that they get their own way ; they just have very clear ideas and it 's impossible for them to see it any other way . ’
7 By this point people are usually very capable and confident and it 's unusual for them to fail .
8 Young people with no job lose confidence and it is easy for them to slide into living in reversal of night and day .
9 Private Acts of Parliament are often needed for major development projects , and it is convenient for them to contain all the provisions relating to the project including consent under the appropriate Planning Act .
10 I 've just spent six months in Cottonvale and I mean its degrading , I mean cos your locked up in a cell from eight o'clock at night till six o'clock in the morning and your not got any toilet facilities you 've got to use a potty if you want to go to the toilet and it is degrading , I mean there 's people in there , well I was a first offender the first time I was in , but I mean there 's people in there seventeen year old that have n't a clue about life in general and it is degrading for them .
11 They know that their children are stronger than them in many ways and it is hard for them to come to terms with that and still keep their dignity and self-respect .
12 I was particularly thrilled with the guys who scored the points for us on the final day , Mark James , Jose-Maria Olazabal , Jose-Maria Canizares , Ronan Rafferty and Christy O'Connor Jnr. , because in the case of Canizares , Ronan and Christy they had n't scored a point in the games they played and it was nice for them to take some of the glory .
13 You see , Great-Aunt Jane was a skilled dressmaker and made clothes for quite a number of young ladies in Baldersdale , and it was usual for them to try on the new clothes and have the final fittings in the kitchen .
14 They noted with fear Terry Wade 's eight goals within a minute and it was lucky for them the referee had not kicked off before he scored them .
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