Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [det] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just that for her , he felt that he hardly existed , that his authority . |
| 2 | It was too much for them . ’ |
| 3 | All of a sudden , it was too much for them to take . ’ |
| 4 | No , it was too much for him to understand ; he could stay here for years and never understand it . |
| 5 | It was too much for him after all that business at the stocking factory . ’ |
| 6 | it was a waste of time it was a waste of a journey for Philip and it was too much for him |
| 7 | So she left it all to herself and tried to carry on but it was too much for her . |
| 8 | And suddenly hearing something that is part of your body , out there , beyond your control , entering other people 's lives — it was too much for me , I just collapsed , crying , everyone had to hold me up … ‘ |
| 9 | It was too much for me — it hit me hard , in the guts , Karim . ’ |
| 10 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 11 | It was too much for you , all that heat . |
| 12 | But it was very much for him . |