Example sentences of "[noun] be [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four-course meals that last four hours are marathons for everyone concerned . |
| 2 | The upshot of deifying humanity is this : animals are ours , animals are our property , animals are resources for us , animals are our tasters , animals are our tools . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ The country areas are a softer option for them where they know some areas are no-gos for us because of manoeuvrability and the terrain . |
| 5 | Gardens are work for me , not leisure . ’ |
| 6 | Jimmy Shawn was askin' for you . ’ |
| 7 | Thomas Brinton , bishop of Rochester , preached that the English defeats were punishment for their sins . |
| 8 | Admissions to the United Kingdom are matters for our right hon. Friend the Home Secretary . |
| 9 | HTFS customers are companies for which heat transfer is an important part of their business in that they design , manufacture or use heat exchangers . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | The unknown friend was meat for their curious excitement . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So some of the things that we 're going to be looking at this morning is ways for you to use , that the people working with you can come up with some new ideas , but you can also use these ways yourself , because sometimes you do n't have the luxury of people to help you with your problem . |
| 14 | Her second feeling was pity for her murdered and mutilated cousin and her third feeling was one of fear . |
| 15 | Scarlet , when aware that she was consciously asking her friend for advice and support , felt guilty , for she had come to believe that advice and support were commodities for which you paid professionals , rather as you paid prostitutes for love and bought your vegetables instead of growing them yourself . |
| 16 | … We have consciously tried to place responsibility on the management of nationalized industries and to make it clear that pay negotiations are matters for them and their employees . |
| 17 | Decision is torment for anyone with imagination . |
| 18 | Many of the new breed were people for whom , in Andrew Roth 's words ‘ capitalism does n't have an unacceptable face ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Lizzy Burrows was game for anything and everything . |
| 21 | a It was a_________occurrence for him to be away from school . |
| 22 | Militia sources reported that one of the main reasons for Geaga 's resignation was concern for his security . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |