Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun sg] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite her love of exercise , her health had been poor since her early adulthood and she was bedridden for many years . |
| 2 | They 're company for each other are n't they ? |
| 3 | Two years later they bought another one , this time a brown standard poodle so they were company for each other . |
| 4 | Oh it 's lunchtime for most people is n't it ? |
| 5 | The hospital has over-spent it 's budget for this financial year by £70,000 . |
| 6 | BY crossing the Irish line six times at Twickenham , England in one fell swoop exceeded the total number of ties scored last year when winning the Grand Slam — and it 's time for this columnist to eat humble pie , after criticising England , along with the other Home Unions , for inferior standards of back play to Southern Hemisphere sides . |
| 7 | It 's time to say the Irish problem is not impossible , it can be settled between the two sovereign governments , it 's time for these people to stop saying , Ulster says no , that is no solution . |
| 8 | Not everyone has the same tastes , remember — some people do n't like reading long text messages like those in Nythyhel , but perhaps it 's time for another game with a strong storyline . |
| 9 | Anyway , it 's time for another deputy 's manifesto . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's trouble for all of us , then . ’ |
| 11 | It is death for all mutineers in England . |
| 12 | And then again I think it is escapism for some of them to get pregnant where there 's so much unemployment , it 's something of their own to be proud about . |
| 13 | It is fine for many of us , given the privileged lives that we lead ; it is hell for many of our citizens and we owe them a great deal more urgency than is provided by this useful but inadequate measure . |
| 14 | It is time for many such ideas to be amalgamated into a fresh overview of prehistory ; time for them to be applied holistically . |
| 15 | With everything running safely now , it is time for another trip to the shop to get your plants . |
| 16 | It is time for some changes . ’ |
| 17 | It is time for some original thinking on cutting the cost of the National health Service . |
| 18 | It is time for some good old fashioned courage in the face of the gunmen , the bombers , the propagandists and the sympathisers at home and abroad . |
| 19 | However , on one 's first appearance in the office in the morning it was etiquette for all , even key holders , to enter through the front door and use the front staircase . |
| 20 | Reacting to the killings , the Nobel Peace Prize winner , Desmond Tutu , the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town , said it demonstrated it was time for all South Africa 's politicians ‘ for goodness sake to get off your butts and get on with the business of getting a new constitution for this country . |
| 21 | It was time for more cappuccino and a cheering change of topic . |
| 22 | Halfway through the morning , once the hens had been fed , and the tomatoes in the greenhouse watered , it was time for another meal . |
| 23 | There is a story , apocryphal no doubt , told by his friends that Bernard , having decided it was time for another move , walked into the offices of a prestigious estate agents one Saturday to see what was available . |
| 24 | It was time for this spectacularly handsome winter bird to be gone . |
| 25 | Later Macmillan was reputed to have defended his decision in a sentence which is likely to be authentic because it has the Macmillan ring : ‘ I thought we had had enough of Martha and it was time for some Mary. , |
| 26 | But now it was time for some wheeling and dealing . |
| 27 | Although it was policy for all children to be welcome in council provision , in reality this was highly variable . |
| 28 | It was routine for all factories to have fire watchers , and Stoddards , like many others , had their fire watchers ' hut on the roof . |
| 29 | He was MP for that town in eleven Parliaments from 1679 to 1708 , and once for Ashburton in 1689 . |