Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun pl] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ They 're ferns for my Nature collection , look you . |
3 | No there 's they were , they were called but they were agents for their own ships . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 |