Example sentences of "it be [pos pn] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | but it 's not though , it 's not , it 's her fault for being so bloody stupid and not telling us A , what we 're supposed to be doing and B , the fact that I was not having any lunch to go half an hour , what do you mean ? |
| 2 | And it 's our , and it 's his fault for like |
| 3 | ‘ It 's his bid for the leadership , ’ one prominent ex-minister on the right of the party said . |
| 4 | All Eva remembers is lying on the sofa wondering if she was going to die , and saying , " Well , Lord , if this is the end of my life I 'll just have to say how thankful I am , and what a wonderful privilege its been , but if it 's your will for me to live then I just give myself to you all the more . |
| 5 | ‘ Now it 's my turn for question-time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's my day for this sort of activity . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's my gift for the T'ang . |
| 8 | I 've got ta do it , it 's my homework for school . |
| 9 | Bassett said : ‘ It 's my fault for messing him about , switching him from one flank to the other then playing him through the middle . |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ Craig said softly , ‘ it 's my fault for not warning you about Spencer . |
| 11 | Do n't blame her , it 's my fault for pressing her . ’ |
| 12 | That 's alright love , that 's alright , it 's my fault for being up there , it er I 'm always doing that putting me elbow up , er , it 's a right old'un you know I mean it 's about ten , twelve years old now |
| 13 | ‘ We go self-catering in our own little chalet and it 's our house for the week . |
| 14 | There was nothing wrong with the jumper and legally it is her fault for not checking the size . |
| 15 | As Bowen ( 1985 ) has pointed out , the contribution of I. A. Richards is often ignored , yet it is his prescription for the ‘ close reading ’ of texts which is the basis of most school and university teaching of English today . |
| 16 | The key verse , Leviticus 17:11 , says that sacrifice is something that God has given to man : it is his provision for human need . |
| 17 | Indeed it is his support for Mosley , expressed on many occasions , which goes some way to account for the continuing neglect of his work by much of the literary establishment . |
| 18 | Mark di Suvero , over the years , has often worked in bronze — but it is his steelworks for which he is best known . |
| 19 | One way of defining the spiritual aspect of ‘ self ’ is to say it is our purpose for living . |
| 20 | It is our turn for a bite of the apple . |
| 21 | Perhaps it is not an ideal system — some day no doubt the MR will be appointed by competitive examination in Law Reports , but it is our system for the present ; and we should give our party arrangements a wrench if we throw it aside . |
| 22 | It is our reasons for asserting a dependent conditional which bring in a good deal more than what is brought in by the conditional itself . |
| 23 | It is our need for possession and instant gratification which we pursue with such intensity , whatever the costs . |
| 24 | " Now it is your turn for a wish , " Gabriel said to the second brother . |
| 25 | " Now , " said Gabriel to the youngest brother , " it is your turn for a wish . |
| 26 | She said she 'd got him to agree that day and it was no use arguing because it was her price for keeping her promise to be silent about her work on the other paintings . ’ |
| 27 | Unfortunate that it was her turn for the floor . |
| 28 | It was her reward for being one of five athletes who completed a set of wins in the ‘ Golden Four ’ meetings in Oslo , Zurich , Berlin and Brussels . |
| 29 | If she did n't like it then it was her fault for rocking the boat . |
| 30 | It was her panacea for every ill . |