Example sentences of "[verb] it be for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He 's just jealous because each time the telephone rings it 's for me and not for him .
2 Now lets just close with those words of of Peter , on the day of pentecost , it 's not for other just , he says it 's for you , it 's for your children , and it 's to as many as there are far off , right down through the centuries , as many as the Lord our God shall call .
3 They did n't feel for example they could go into the advice centre , they did n't feel it was for them .
4 that 's hard job to find out what to do it is for me any rate
5 But we believe we know what at this moment the country wants , and we believe it is for us in our strength to do what no other party can do at this moment and to say that we at any rate stand for peace …
6 Does that mean it 's for me or Joe 's dad ? ’
7 Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him .
8 Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her .
9 I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa .
10 As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’
11 They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do .
12 I do n't think it 's for me .
13 ‘ I do n't think it 's for you , sir , ’ said the postman .
14 I do n't think it 's for you just now Charlotte .
15 I do n't think it is for me .
16 And what do you think it was for me ?
17 I think it is for you purely to decide , that this application does not affect the house .
18 I think it was for you .
19 There was a knock on the door in the early hours of the morning , she had curlers in her hair , and my father , thinking it was for him , told her not to panic .
20 She took the call and said it was for me .
21 They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’
22 He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer .
23 But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message .
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