Example sentences of "that be [noun] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's mothers for you . |
| 2 | That 's cricket for you . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's Rodo for you , ’ said the voice . |
| 4 | That 's pens for you . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's gratitude for you . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's America for you ’ Agnes said shaking out her hastily packed clothes . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's females for you , ’ said Gurder . |
| 8 | That 's Catherine for you in n it ? |
| 9 | ‘ What 's happening to surfing is happening to everything , ’ Terry said , ‘ that 's progress for you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ That 's women for you , ’ Polly retorted blithely . |
| 11 | That 's Peter for you . |
| 12 | That 's democracy for you . |
| 13 | That 's equality for you . |
| 14 | I suppose that 's justice for you . ’ |
| 15 | That 's Frenchmen for you . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ That 's MacQuillan for you , ’ said Harbury with a shrug . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's humans for you , ’ the Doctor muttered , too quietly for Mortimer to hear . |
| 18 | ‘ When a man does something bad , it 's said ‘ That 's men for you — it 's part of the oppressive male patriarchy . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But that 's Tom for you . |
| 21 | He may be the author of the best-selling management book of all time but ‘ that 's Tom for you . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's foxes for you , ’ said Philip . |
| 23 | Well , that 's Danny for you ; he ca n't even faint without saying goodbye in C.B. |
| 24 | That 's Metallica for ya : even at this outrageous level , still favouring spit over spandex . |
| 25 | doing that sort of thing , I 'd , something I would never take but there you are that 's people for you ! |
| 26 | That makes me the winner , you the loser ; that 's defeat for you in any language . ’ |
| 27 | That was Danny for you . |