Example sentences of "[verb] [be] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I show him how much I 've written here , how good a place it has been for me . |
| 2 | When fellwalking becomes a passion as it has been for me and many others , the summits are regarded as old friends and memories are refreshed on each visit . |
| 3 | I do n't think people have any idea how tough it has been for me . |
| 4 | Or it certainly has been for me . |
| 5 | Everything my husband has done has been for me . |
| 6 | He said , ‘ How wonderful it has been for us both to seek new understanding of each other as we have prayed together and sought healing from each other 's wounds . ’ |
| 7 | There is no mention anywhere of the fact that these were brothers and sisters , nor that they were born in Frome ; that has been for us to establish later . |
| 8 | The two items in the struggle for the liberty of the Church to which Anselm was committed were for him not negotiable either by himself or the successor of the pope who had declared lay investiture and clerical homage to be irreconcilable with the law of the Church . |
| 9 | The last thing I want is for them to be used as pawns in political games of chess to suit the personal ambitions of politicians . |
| 10 | ‘ All I want is for him to come here , take Jennifer in his arms and face me . |
| 11 | ‘ All I want is for him to be happy and secure , ’ Vitor assured her , ‘ which he is with you . |
| 12 | What you want is for me to stroke your ego by telling you that he does n't compare to you . ’ |
| 13 | Otherwise all we want is for her to have fun , and to enjoy happiness and health . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ What I really want is for us to reach these people before Moscow does : there 's no argument about who they 'll want to pin it on . |
| 15 | ‘ What I want is for us to talk long and hard , and now , ’ she declared , and , swivelling on her heel , she marched back into the house . |
| 16 | Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ All I want is for you to be happy , Peachcake . |
| 18 | All He wants is for you to be truly sorry . |
| 19 | All the phone calls they received were for him , and Gina never had any mail . |
| 20 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 21 | What I would like is for us to be able to poke about a bit ; see if there are any angles in the Livesey case that might lead back to this girl . |
| 22 | What was needed was for us to get together with an arbitrator . |
| 23 | By now , however , the biggest pressure Kylie is facing is for her to move towards live appearances and a major world tour to capitalise on the success of ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and all that has followed it . |
| 24 | Well I 'll I 'll erm Well if you 've got the insurance the be the best thing to do is for me to tell them when you 've actually been done . |
| 25 | It might have been for her , but I thought she could have shown some gratitude , considering the work her stepmother and I had gone to . |
| 26 | Cecilia reflected on how massive the explosion must have been for her and that beautiful girl to have heard it up here in West Hampstead . |
| 27 | She said how convenient it would have been for her , instead of having to wait for chaps to go out and kill rabbits and deer and all that , and for the peasants to bring in the vegetables ; she 'd much rather have been able just to nip down to the shops and buy what she needed , when she needed it . |
| 28 | We did not appreciate at the time what a wrench leaving the Weir House must have been for him , nor the difficulty he had in adjusting himself to four assertive stepsons he hardly knew . |
| 29 | Intuitively she felt the depths of the anguish he 'd suffered , knew without having to be told how hard he had struggled to help his sister , understood how devastating it must have been for him to realise she 'd gone beyond his help . |
| 30 | I have no doubt that a major influence in forcing him to make what must have been for him a most distasteful and humiliating manoeuvre , was a letter sent by a number of Durham county councillors to a local newspaper in reply to an article penned by Mr Fallon in the previous week 's issue . |