Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [noun] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's doing no harm here , and I 'm company for her . ’ |
| 2 | " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him . |
| 3 | ‘ What will you be doing for her ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ If he had any idea of what she was doing for us , MoD does n't want it spread around . |
| 6 | Much of the time the principal performers were not even aware of what we were doing for them . |
| 7 | They were murder for him , I could tell . ’ |
| 8 | Not knowing exactly WHEN Brian died , HOW much he suffered and WHO killed him is torture for her . |
| 9 | Could it be wedding-bells for you soon ? ’ |
| 10 | At first it were good because it were incentive for her to keep going because she 'd , you know , paid so much but toward the end , she said , it were getting ridiculous . |
| 11 | I thought it was Ben yesterday afternoon I dropped Lynsey 's thing in with Ben down there and it 's Jack , I like John , I like to speak to John , so I said John I think it 's Tommy for you , but then |
| 12 | And it 's curtains for you and me . |
| 13 | If those Labour voters work out that ‘ culture of co-operation ’ means they ought to vote tactically for the Liberal Democrats — and they do seem to have worked it out at Newbury last week — it 's curtains for yours truly . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , because it 's money for you to spend |
| 15 | We will return to Royston for a while but then it 's Scotland for me and France for you . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's Bacton for you , sir . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's Davey for you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Course , it 's crap for actors , but it 's experience for you . ’ |
| 19 | Of course then it 's shame for them . |
| 20 | ‘ Now that I 've eaten and drunk my fill it 's time for me to beat away , ’ he said after about an hour . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's time for me to go . |
| 22 | The 26-year-old is guarded about his physical and mental fatigue , but he says pointedly : ‘ It 's time for me to relax . ’ |
| 23 | I 've got to go now as it 's time for me to get my new dresses fitted . |
| 24 | Or say ‘ It 's time for me to run along — |
| 25 | They look out of the windows when it 's time for me to come home . |
| 26 | ‘ Nevertheless , she declares she 's taking over as hostess — so obviously it 's time for me to leave . ’ |
| 27 | Yes , well probably , it 's time for me to try and change his mind . |
| 28 | It 's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he 's not going to win every time . |
| 29 | It 's time for you to have a go : |
| 30 | One evening he rang Bobby , saying : ‘ It 's time for you to do something about Marilyn , she 's bugging me . ’ |