Example sentences of "[adv] be for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His deterioration through Alzheimer 's Disease with its abundant frustrations had long been for him a physical and mental martyrdom . |
| 2 | Had it not been for them we would not have known such beautiful places existed . |
| 3 | Nor would she have been , if it had not been for him . |
| 4 | Had it not been for him and his colleagues at the National Trust many old and historical buildings would have suffered . |
| 5 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
| 6 | If it had not been for him we would all be dead and there would n't be anybody telling this . |
| 7 | He took himself off , illogically cursing Emily Groundwater ; if it had not been for her he would have been in a warm bed , with Bible Willie breathing beside him . |
| 8 | It had not been for her . |
| 9 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 10 | With difficulty she repressed comments on the writer 's own linguistic proficiency , and how in her view it disabled him from judging Walter 's scholastic achievements ; with difficulty , too , she refrained from rebutting the idea that she was not getting any younger , for that was precisely what she felt she was getting , these days ; and she ended with best wishes for the future , mentally hoping it would not be for him a long one . |
| 11 | And if I ca n't , can I begin to entertain the thought that teaching may not be for me ( as a substantial number of new teachers do ) without feeling guilty or a failure ? |
| 12 | Also , innovative ideas do tend to work their way down to the more affordable guitars and equipment , so it might not be for you now , but maybe in a year 's time it will be . |
| 13 | Performance and comfort : if you prefer bags with lots of room to move , then this may not be for you . |
| 14 | If you would n't consider this , then the tests may not be for you . |
| 15 | Harder , but it might not be for you I du n no is it ? |
| 16 | Second , Arabic negative particles come in front of the verb , so that an expression such as I had nothing against becomes literally ‘ not was for me any objection ’ , thus pushing the ‘ me ’ further away from thematic position . |
| 17 | I conducted the First Symphony during the war but the first two symphonies have always been for me a little to close to Tchaikovsky . |
| 18 | The station had always been for her a place instinct with glory ; its function beautified it immeasurably in her eyes . |
| 19 | Thousands of school children , all of them well over sixteen , were crammed there into a large tall gilt room , and told not to insult the French , not to talk to Arabs , and not to go to Montmartre : then an English lady stood up and said that Paris had always been for her a source inépuisable de something , and everyone clapped , and then they were all turned out again , rather quickly , for the room was clearly needed for something else . |
| 20 | His language , so familiar and so foreign , will always be for me an acquired speech . |
| 21 | Any fears , however , that Havel 's talent might be going off were for me resolved by the broadcast version of Redevelopment , given a dramatised reading by the RSC in February under the title Slum Clearance . |
| 22 | Haymaking , now that was an important event in the life of the dale — still is for me — because that 's when you harvest the fodder for the animals when winter comes and there is no grazing to be had . |
| 23 | The thought of going home was for her the final impossibility , but she could not see any satisfactory way of avoiding it . |
| 24 | ‘ Now a' we need , ’ the cop said , he smiled at Phillis , ‘ tae wrap the whole thing up is for ye tae pick him out . ’ |
| 25 | The only way to find out is for her to get an HIV antibody test . |
| 26 | But the lads have been tremendous , and there 's a buzz around the club now all we want now is for them to show the same attitude tonight . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The only thing that 's left now is for me to kiss you and wish you a very good night . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ A priority now is for us to learn how to live in a democratic society . |
| 29 | All that is left now is for you to move in . |
| 30 | ‘ All we need now is for you to sign them , Monks . |