Example sentences of "[noun] be [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always think what the chosen piece is doing for you — after all , the audition is about you , the naked ape , as well as that inner spark of inspiration you may have . |
| 2 | Gardens are work for me , not leisure . ’ |
| 3 | Jimmy Shawn was askin' for you . ’ |
| 4 | Thomas Brinton , bishop of Rochester , preached that the English defeats were punishment for their sins . |
| 5 | Thomas Knowlton ( 1691–1781 ) , a gardener employed first by William Sherard and then by the Earl of Burlington , wrote to Samuel Brewer in 1741 , ‘ as to Miller he does not look at poor men , only a lord or a duke is company for him ’ . |
| 6 | The unknown friend was meat for their curious excitement . |
| 7 | Though Sparkes was game for his first homosexual experience , his thick Yorkshire accent and humorous attitude to life left Minton undone with laughter and not very much happened . |
| 8 | Her second feeling was pity for her murdered and mutilated cousin and her third feeling was one of fear . |
| 9 | Decision is torment for anyone with imagination . |
| 10 | They may instead become increasingly determined to gain access to a school in a nearby LEA with a ‘ better class ’ of pupil , irrespective of how well that school is doing for its intake . |
| 11 | Lizzy Burrows was game for anything and everything . |
| 12 | a It was a_________occurrence for him to be away from school . |
| 13 | Militia sources reported that one of the main reasons for Geaga 's resignation was concern for his security . |
| 14 | In 1872 , the Glasgow Mission for the Deaf was properly reorganised , and Strathern was secretary for them then acted as treasurer for many years until he resigned due to differences with the then committee . |
| 15 | Even though in giving advice to her brother 's wife she had told her to forgive him for his infidelity and take him back , which is what Karenin was doing for her and exactly what she did n't want . |
| 16 | Cooler , drier weather is forecast for their effort to raise funds for research into the rare disease , neuroblastoma , which killed 14-year-old Vicki last year . |