Example sentences of "it be for [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's for her good |
| 2 | it 's for her own good mind Betty . |
| 3 | What a laugh , Modern English merit respect even if it 's for their sheer determination and sense of humour . |
| 4 | ‘ Nobody wants to exterminate them but it 's for their own good . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's for his own good , ’ Dann put in . |
| 6 | It 's for my own peace of mind . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's for your new room , ’ said his Mum . |
| 8 | It 's for your own good , Nicholson . ’ |
| 9 | It 's for your own sake , because the o if the oil gets underneath the skin it can irritate your skin . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's for your own good , Harold ! ’ |
| 11 | fix your diary , a lot of you were n't here last week , oh by the way P C is er coming along with a film , it broke down the other week , you all enjoyed the talk so I do hope you come along to see the film , it only takes about twenty minutes and it 's on er security , you know , it 's for your own benefit |
| 12 | It 's for your own benefit because |
| 13 | It 's for our new one again you see so I rolled the front seat down put my brief case on the front seat so he says , where 's your van then mate ? |
| 14 | And , naturally a leather suite is as notable for its longlasting looks as it is for its enduring comfort . |
| 15 | In England , no such evidence has come forward , but it is for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland to decide whether he is convinced by the evidence . |
| 16 | ‘ It is for your good , my dearest ! |
| 17 | I 've just been at a two day conference at erm not very far from here , at Wisden House in which erm a number of erm top industrialists erm led by the former chairman of I C I have all unanimously been saying how bad they think it is for our future technological development and export development if overseas students get out of the habit of coming here . |
| 18 | What a terrible thing it is for our literary establishment to be peopled by degenerates like this , he felt . |
| 19 | His respect for other faiths is as strong as it is for his own faith . |
| 20 | However that may be , there are reasons for thinking that the abandonment of England , and of any hopes for her , was not much less momentous for Pound than it is for his English readers . |
| 21 | They said it was for her own protection and they felt she might not surrender to the court . |
| 22 | Significantly , it was for its year-round contribution to recreational development in the Lochaber area that the guild favoured Aonach Mor . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think Simone would have mentioned it if she had n't felt that it was for your own good , ’ he murmured . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought you were going to tell me at least that it was for my own good . |
| 25 | It was for our second anniversary . |