Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun pl] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are singers for whom singing and rehearsal are constant duties that are not always ( to say the least ) touched by concerns of high art . |
| 2 | It is not therefore surprising that he becomes unable to make love satisfactorily to the women he chooses since they are surrogates for his mother . |
| 3 | And they are gluttons for what currently seems to be a much scarcer resource : water . |
| 4 | ‘ They 're ferns for my Nature collection , look you . |
| 5 | No there 's they were , they were called but they were agents for their own ships . |
| 6 | Could it be wedding-bells for you soon ? ’ |
| 7 | And it 's curtains for you and me . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | These three vices are universally regarded as so detrimental to a horse , and so incurable , that if one is detected in a horse soon after it has been sold at a reputable horse auction , it is grounds for its sale to be cancelled . |
| 10 | No it was n't just eggs though it was erm like salads and there was steak , you could have one meal a day , right , but it was eggs for your breakfast , eggs for your dinner , your lunch |