Example sentences of "be for [pers pn] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How terrible it must be for her to attend this service for Mrs Wright whose baby had survived and while the Padre was speaking the Collector accompanied his words with a silent , sympathetic prayer for Mrs Bennett : " O God , whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful , who makest nothing in vain , and lovest all that thou hast made , Comfort this thy servant whose heart is sore smitten and oppressed … " but the rest of the prayer was no longer in his mind , stolen no doubt by the foxes of despair that continued to raid his beliefs … in any case , it faded into a mournful reverie in which he sought an explanation for the death of Mrs Bennett 's child . |
| 2 | Another option would be for her to negotiate some ‘ good quality ’ time for them to spend together , when they give each other the best of their attention . |
| 3 | I do n't know whether it was because he realised how hard it 'd be for us to get enough for both of us , or whether he knew he was off his head and needed someone around who was n't , y'know what I mean , to look after the kids and sort things out , like . |
| 4 | In rather special circumstances this can result in the creation of new dislocations but the much more usual effect is for them to repel each other . |
| 5 | Even after I mean , as I say , we went out on the Wednesday and he said , all I need is for you to do this book again for me . |
| 6 | This is for you to take all your you know bumph away . |
| 7 | It 's an issue we need to monitor but the best way forward is for us to do that under the labour movement . |
| 8 | ‘ What I really want is for us to reach these people before Moscow does : there 's no argument about who they 'll want to pin it on . |
| 9 | The oth the other , the other option is for us to hold that . |
| 10 | In fact , Galileo 's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina ( 1615 ) shows how difficult it was for him to pursue such an argument , even had he wished . |
| 11 | He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over . |
| 12 | The effect was for her to wave both her arms out in front of her holding her hands together , then surprisingly a seeming third hand was under her jumper and was moving up and down . |