Example sentences of "and [pers pn] be [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | In addition to dancing , both my husband , Rod , and I are musicians for the team ; I play the recorder and he is a ‘ cellist . |
2 | She 's doing no harm here , and I 'm company for her . ’ |
3 | Twelve and thirteen and I was cook for four years there . |
4 | Despite her love of exercise , her health had been poor since her early adulthood and she was bedridden for many years . |
5 | And they are habitat for the millions of mallard duck , Canada geese , American widgeon and other waterfowl that pause here as they cruise the Atlantic Flyway toward warmer climes each autumn . |
6 | And they are gluttons for what currently seems to be a much scarcer resource : water . |
7 | I am also talking from a perspective of the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering and it 's concern for children generally . |
8 | I 'm going to tell you a little bit this morning about South East Arts and it 's support for the visual arts in the South East here . |
9 | And it 's horses for courses , it 's secure . |
10 | And it 's curtains for you and me . |
11 | And it 's exercise for the dog , see ? |
12 | Back in the office and it 's time for constructive criticism . |
13 | Or perhaps the car has really given up and it 's time for a new , or good second-hand one . |
14 | BY crossing the Irish line six times at Twickenham , England in one fell swoop exceeded the total number of ties scored last year when winning the Grand Slam — and it 's time for this columnist to eat humble pie , after criticising England , along with the other Home Unions , for inferior standards of back play to Southern Hemisphere sides . |
15 | Spring is in the air and it 's time for Friends to venture out and take advantage of our special guided tours of Historic Scotland sites . |
16 | ‘ But , as you say , Sir John , the hour is late and it 's time for bed . ’ |
17 | Then a touch more star treatment and it 's time for recording . |
18 | Then a touch more star treatment and it 's time for recording . |
19 | Our children are not being served by this code and it 's time for the government to bring in a complete tobacco advertising ban |
20 | Welcome back : And it 's time for our third and last look backstage at the hit musical Barnum . |
21 | I could perhaps mention titles only : technology , choice of technology and the link with the again the unemployment problem ; fields like rural development planning and erm the associated questions of rural industrialization of the balance between town and country , of migration from the country to the town and it 's implications for both country and town . |
22 | The Class runs for an hour and it is playtime for the 24 children . |
23 | Kenny does the same , and he relates animal wants to Aristotle 's notion of epithumia , or sensual desire : ‘ It is felt desire , and it is desire for something now , desire which is more or less continuously felt until it is satisfied ( like hunger , sleepiness , thirst ) ’ ( 1975 : 49 ) . |
24 | A conveyancing business can be built on many other bases apart from price , and it is time for conveyancers to start to market these bases in order to secure the future success of their businesses . |
25 | Meanwhile the cancer grows and it is time for serious surgery . |
26 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
27 | Mr Eames was just getting up , convinced that juniors and upstarts were usurping the stage and it was time for him to be where the action was , when he was interrupted by the bell . |
28 | Later Macmillan was reputed to have defended his decision in a sentence which is likely to be authentic because it has the Macmillan ring : ‘ I thought we had had enough of Martha and it was time for some Mary. , |
29 | Then , when the show was over and it was time for everyone to wake up and go home , they opened up the roof — the whole thing rolls back to one side . |
30 | Now the churching was over and it was time for the baptism to begin . |