Example sentences of "[noun sg] be for their " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it would spoil the illusion if all the merrymakers were to think that their spending bonanza was for their own satisfaction . |
| 2 | They are also closely associated with University College Cork , which makes it particularly pleasant to welcome them to Queen 's for their first visit . |
| 3 | Gloucester Place seemed awash with the carriages of other guests attending the ball and Emily chafed as she sat waiting impatiently to move on , watched by ladies ' maids and servants of the lower orders who seemed to think that the spectacle was for their pleasure . |
| 4 | Shortly after they reached her apartment in Belgravia the standard procedure was for their mother to burst into tears . |
| 5 | Children need to understand and learn where the limit is for their behaviour . |
| 6 | The obvious possibility is for their trade associations to play a role on their behalf . |
| 7 | This no doubt guaranteed their trustworthiness to their new comrades and may well have persuaded them that if communism was for their brothers then it would do for them too . |