Example sentences of "[adv] be for [pron] " 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 | It had all been for nothing ; the fear , the guilt , the deaths … . |
| 3 | The mad drive up the M4 with pain like barbed hooks turning in his arm had all been for nothing . |
| 4 | All of her sweet , loving nature that she 'd turned in on herself , waiting for this one moment in her life , this moment of truth , and it had all been for nothing . |
| 5 | So it had all been for nothing ! |
| 6 | Now , the much-repeated phrase is : ‘ The past 40 years have all been for nought ’ . |
| 7 | If the paintings do have a value , it may only be for what they have to teach criminal psychologists . |
| 8 | I conducted the First Symphony during the war but the first two symphonies have always been for me a little to close to Tchaikovsky . |
| 9 | The station had always been for her a place instinct with glory ; its function beautified it immeasurably in her eyes . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The way they 'd always been for his people : the fishers , the hunters . |
| 12 | His language , so familiar and so foreign , will always be for me an acquired speech . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The thought of going home was for her the final impossibility , but she could not see any satisfactory way of avoiding it . |
| 15 | ‘ Besides , I ca n't help but feel that this time next year all these girls will probably be for someone else . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The only thing that 's left now is for me to kiss you and wish you a very good night . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ A priority now is for us to learn how to live in a democratic society . |
| 19 | All that is left now is for you to move in . |
| 20 | ‘ All we need now is for you to sign them , Monks . |
| 21 | All that is needed now is for you all to take advantage of this week of Medau , either as a daily visitor , or residentially . |
| 22 | All three send out very detailed information which should help you to decide whether open learning really is for you . |
| 23 | Think about it , Aurora — decide whether your desire to hang on to the club really is for his sake — or yours . ’ |
| 24 | Of all the requests made by those patients who come to consult me , the most common by far is for me to ‘ make them more confident ’ . |
| 25 | She recognised the lean figure of Richard Blake moving towards the exhibition stand , and the last thing she wanted right now was for him to notice her . |
| 26 | She had no intention of putting herself deeper into Luke 's bad books ; all she wanted now was for her involvement with Woodline Design to proceed peacefully to its end . |
| 27 | Yes , thank you , here you are Ricky here 's for you , where you gone , Ricky where 've you gone ? |
| 28 | I am under no illusion about how difficult my presence here is for you . ’ |
| 29 | Now this techniques we 've been using here is for you can use that for any straight line graph . |
| 30 | If you win , it will then be for them to serve an enforcement notice or injunction as appropriate . |