Example sentences of "be for [pers pn] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intuitively she felt the depths of the anguish he 'd suffered , knew without having to be told how hard he had struggled to help his sister , understood how devastating it must have been for him to realise she 'd gone beyond his help . |
| 2 | " THE simplest thing , I think , " Matthew Preston said to Sara , " would be for me to buy you out — your share of the house , I mean . |
| 3 | ‘ How sad it would be for us to lose you to the sea , Señor Capitano . ’ |
| 4 | says can you tell me how much it will be for you to fit it ? |
| 5 | " The best thing 'll be for you to show us , Mr Whalby . |
| 6 | Perhaps the best way of going forward would be for you to send me a description of your work . |
| 7 | " Listen , Martha , the best thing would be for you to tell me about your worries . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , now that I am here and can have the tale formally , direct from the prior , it 's for me to join him in sending word to the bishop . |
| 9 | is for me to bring it in . |
| 10 | ‘ The only thing that 's left now is for me to kiss you and wish you a very good night . ’ |
| 11 | The only way to save her good name , and her position in Weatherbury , is for me to marry her . ’ |
| 12 | Well I 'll I 'll erm Well if you 've got the insurance the be the best thing to do is for me to tell them when you 've actually been done . |
| 13 | ‘ The only need I have where you 're concerned is for you to leave me alone , Luke — ’ She froze momentarily as he lifted a hand , passing light fingers over the bright satiny curls at one side of her head . |
| 14 | ‘ That is for you to tell us , ’ Goreng said . |
| 15 | ‘ All we need now is for you to sign them , Monks . |
| 16 | It just shows , I think , how vigilant Councillors need to be when you get all these documents , and you do get many of them if you 're a District County Councillor , and how necessary it is for you to read them and study them and to remember because these things are very very important when they 're put in when it goes to higher authority at that time . |
| 17 | Unfortunately many employees also know how difficult it is for us to stop them simply imposing changes without agreement from the people that are affected . |
| 18 | You do n't know Stella , what er a delight it is for us to have you . |
| 19 | She recognised the lean figure of Richard Blake moving towards the exhibition stand , and the last thing she wanted right now was for him to notice her . |
| 20 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 21 | How ready she was for him to fuck her . |
| 22 | At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it . |
| 23 | All that was left was for her to undress him . |