Example sentences of "that be [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is checkmate for his argument . |
| 2 | Mentally , at least , I issued the challenge in respect of this well presented and impressively referenced volume and am now convinced that is folly for anyone performing analyses on biological samples to remain ignorant of what electroanalysis can offer . |
| 3 | It is true that Spinoza is famous for having denied the existence of final causes in nature in the sense in which Aristotle believed in them , that is purposes for which each thing existed . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's mothers for you . |
| 5 | That 's cricket for you . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's Rodo for you , ’ said the voice . |
| 7 | That 's pens for you . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's gratitude for you . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's America for you ’ Agnes said shaking out her hastily packed clothes . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's females for you , ’ said Gurder . |
| 11 | That 's Catherine for you in n it ? |
| 12 | ‘ What 's happening to surfing is happening to everything , ’ Terry said , ‘ that 's progress for you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ That 's women for you , ’ Polly retorted blithely . |
| 14 | That 's Peter for you . |
| 15 | That 's democracy for you . |
| 16 | That 's equality for you . |
| 17 | I suppose that 's justice for you . ’ |
| 18 | That 's Frenchmen for you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That 's MacQuillan for you , ’ said Harbury with a shrug . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's humans for you , ’ the Doctor muttered , too quietly for Mortimer to hear . |
| 21 | ‘ When a man does something bad , it 's said ‘ That 's men for you — it 's part of the oppressive male patriarchy . ’ |
| 22 | Getting on well with Matt — obviously there 's going to be some competition once we start work but he 's not half as paranoid as I thought he 'd be , a bit back-slapping , still I guess that 's Yanks for you . |
| 23 | But that 's Tom for you . |
| 24 | He may be the author of the best-selling management book of all time but ‘ that 's Tom for you . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's foxes for you , ’ said Philip . |
| 26 | Well , that 's Danny for you ; he ca n't even faint without saying goodbye in C.B. |
| 27 | That 's Metallica for ya : even at this outrageous level , still favouring spit over spandex . |
| 28 | doing that sort of thing , I 'd , something I would never take but there you are that 's people for you ! |
| 29 | That makes me the winner , you the loser ; that 's defeat for you in any language . ’ |
| 30 | Just a normal day of married life , nothing that thousands of other people did n't take for granted — but what heaven if ever that was normality for herself and Len ! |