Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun sg] for them " in BNC.
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1 | Much of the time the principal performers were not even aware of what we were doing for them . |
2 | Of course then it 's shame for them . |
3 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
4 | When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom . |
5 | It was time for them to put their houses in order , ‘ and for the Home Secretary to insist they do ’ . |
6 | When Loc , with another worried glance in Jacques Devraux 's direction , insisted it was time for them to go to bed , Paul galloped across the clearing with little Hoc on his shoulders and dumped the boy squealing with laughter on his sleeping mat . |
7 | When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back . |
8 | By Sunday evening , when it was time for them to leave and the three of them were piling into the Bentley , what she felt inside her , by any definition , was far more than simply sexual excitement . |
9 | Exactly , but also it was food for them . |