Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's doing no harm here , and I 'm company for her . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm , I 'm technology for the rest of the |
| 3 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
| 4 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
| 5 | I would have given my right arm to have achieved such an agreement when I was Minister for Aviation between 1984 and 1987 . |
| 6 | The early experience of ESAs that I had when I was Minister for Agriculture , Fisheries and Food showed the policy to be important , helpful and constructive . |
| 7 | I was secretary for seven year eh . |
| 8 | Twelve and thirteen and I was cook for four years there . |
| 9 | " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him . |
| 10 | For example , during pregnancy and just after you are queen for ten or eleven months . |
| 11 | ‘ What will you be doing for her ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Talking of freedom , ’ James said , ‘ Kate and I were wondering what you were doing for Christmas . ’ |
| 13 | And think of the climate — more people will want to spend their holidays with you than when you were MP for Ribble Valley . ’ |
| 14 | When she has finished what she is doing for the moment , she walks on briskly , her head making little bird-like movements , so that she can see everything that she passes . |
| 15 | From 1919 to 1948 she was secretary for social training there , and later published privately a booklet on its history . |
| 16 | She was minister for social action in the Pol Pot era and is regarded as one of the main theoreticians of the party . |
| 17 | While she was doing so , she was company for little Sandy , who was just six months old and still in his pram , the image of his daddy , Bruce Mackenzie . |
| 18 | Despite her love of exercise , her health had been poor since her early adulthood and she was bedridden for many years . |
| 19 | She was larger than life , she had seen the world , she was game for anything , she was jolly and vibrant , spoke her mind ; all in all , she was fun to be with . |
| 20 | She was agent for Sir Ian Wrigglesworth ( SDP ) in 1987 General Election . |
| 21 | Suddenly she was doing for silver-haired women of matronly stature what Joan Collins had done for the middle aged . |
| 22 | When I was in Moscow , my grandmother was with me and everything that I wanted she was doing for me and I was a little girl who had everything . |
| 23 | ‘ If he had any idea of what she was doing for us , MoD does n't want it spread around . |
| 24 | Nobody knows who we , who we are man for Christ sake . |
| 25 | The wind freshened from astern off Rudha Reidh and we just managed to beat a south westerly gale into Loch Ewe where we were weatherbound for the next two days . |
| 26 | Much of the time the principal performers were not even aware of what we were doing for them . |
| 27 | I remember during some very intensive rehearsals we were doing for the Ring we came to a passage where the figuration of the accompaniment always comes out too strongly . |
| 28 | And they are habitat for the millions of mallard duck , Canada geese , American widgeon and other waterfowl that pause here as they cruise the Atlantic Flyway toward warmer climes each autumn . |
| 29 | Cor , oh they are mate for Saturday |
| 30 | Everything is prepared very carefully ; food that wo n't spoil or collapse is made first and other dishes of a more fragile nature are left to the last moment so they are picture for the picture . |