Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For there to be such a fact about me is for it also to be true , roughly , that in certain circumstances I would consciously believe , desire , fear , intend , or whatever . |
| 2 | ‘ Then your feelings for me are as mine for you ? ’ he asked softly . |
| 3 | To dwell on the Caledonian Canal for a moment , this was my first of many passages through which is for me the most beautiful of all the canals — the ultimate in inland waterways , so I had been looking forward to it immensely . |
| 4 | ‘ A lot of them are about you . |
| 5 | Half of them are on it anyway . |
| 6 | Most of them are in it just for the bylines and the booze , you know . |
| 7 | Before he could rise to defend himself , four of them were on him with their clubs , battering the life from his body . |
| 8 | The experience of being molested once as a child and then a man jumping in her car at 21 yrs and her running away remained with her so that she has persistent fear of being attacked and the sense of someone being behind her . |
| 9 | If your complaint can not be resolved locally , your representative will ask you to complete a report form , the original of which is for you and a copy will be forwarded to our Head Office . |
| 10 | She seemed so sanguine that he started to enjoy his leave and they all three went off to see Mona in Jermyn Street , who greeted them with her usual generous hospitality , very little of which was at her or their expense , but who had not seen Charles since his transformation from 2nd Lieutenant to Guardsman . |
| 11 | Neither of you are worth it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I think most of you are in it for what you can get . |
| 13 | The three of you are in it together . |
| 14 | ‘ … and none of it 's worth it . |
| 15 | ‘ All of it was for you . ’ |
| 16 | Considering what 's against us ? |
| 17 | There is such a tremendous difference between terribly good television pictures and the real world ; people become addicted to looking at it instead of what 's about them . |
| 18 | A new product release , for example , might be angled for the consumer media along the lines of the second release given above for Brand A. But for the retail trade press much more emphasis will need to be given to discounts , special promotions and advertising — in fact , full details of what 's in it for the retailer . |
| 19 | Your reasons for this colossal exploitation of what is to you hi-tech may be quite divorced from ours ( we want to look for black holes , whereas you want to ascertain the precise time you should sacrifice a virgin in order to propitiate the gods ) , but the principle is much the same . |
| 20 | Well , we do see a good deal of what is around us and not simply whatever it is that we happen to be staring at . |
| 21 | For many people life today is such a bustling affair with so many things to get through in the day that it is not difficult to forget to be aware of what is around us . |
| 22 | I 'm also grateful that you did n't … you did n't take advantage of what was between us six years ago . |
| 23 | ‘ When you 've been so resentful of what was between us — so ashamed of it ? |
| 24 | And it demolished about I think about a third of what was in it . |
| 25 | The lawyers , too , agreed that on the basis of what was before him , the Sheriff had no alternative . |
| 26 | The man felt his melancholy enlarge as if — oddly — to take on the shape and texture of what was before him . |
| 27 | It all seemed too important for that : a warning of what was inside us all as human beings and of what we must avoid at all costs . |
| 28 | ‘ The best thing for all of us is for me just to go back to London . |
| 29 | I imagine most of us have entered that deep valley , and maybe some of us are in it now . |
| 30 | ‘ At the end of the day all of us are in it to sell records . |