Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several months into my secondary education , this working provided what was for me the greatest locospotting thrill of the decade . |
| 2 | When I painted it was for myself , I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting ; I did n't have to worry about whether anyone was interested in it or not or whether I would exhibit it in a commercial gallery or whether it would be sold . |
| 3 | It had a Birmingham postmark and was addressed to ‘ Robert Hilton ’ and she assumed it was for her son . |
| 4 | Of course we thought we were for it . |
| 5 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
| 6 | Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her . |
| 7 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 8 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
| 9 | They said it was for her own protection and they felt she might not surrender to the court . |
| 10 | She took the call and said it was for me . |
| 11 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 12 | He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer . |
| 13 | But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message . |
| 14 | So I said yes , I we I explained why I wa I was asking the question , I said it was for my son , and er I said , but mine 's just a , a microwave I sa and he said , well he said they re the combination ones now he said are really you know , what you need . |