Example sentences of "the [noun] be for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The direction was for her to decide , not for him . |
| 2 | The normal method of the original owner to ‘ avoid ’ the contract is for him to inform the rogue that he does so . |
| 3 | Her morning descent to the kitchen was for her a moment of happiness and importance . |
| 4 | Why do you think it is that that you get erm that you have got quite a few girls that become prostitutes , what do you think the reasons are for it ? |
| 5 | Did you ever , did he ever clean the loo 's for you ? |
| 6 | The intention was for them to be escorted by the combined fleets from Brest and Toulon and the combination of the two , to outnumber any force likely to be brought against them , was a vital part of the French plan . |
| 7 | ‘ The Bangles wanted to emphasise the rock'n'roll side of the band and in doing so thought regalia and kind of hippyish , Hendrix-style clothing was gon na put that image across , but it ended up looking very glamorous , it ended up looking glammier and glammier even though the intention was for it not to be glamour … |
| 8 | ‘ All the neighbours thought the ambulance was for me , ’ said Helen , 31 . |
| 9 | When some years ago I decided to pay the Life Governor 's subscription the expense was for me a serious cost but was willing to pay it to ensure that I should continue to enjoy the privileges without having to worry about future subscriptions when I had retired from salaried work . |
| 10 | So of course the bike , the car 's for me to use in the evening , but last |
| 11 | The photograph is for him . ’ |
| 12 | If you think the stroke is for you , the keys to success are : |
| 13 | It 's an indictment on our society that The Porch is regarded as their home , and we 're only open for five hours a day , and yet they regard us as their family , and what we the servers are for them is the parents that they lack . |
| 14 | The effect was for her to wave both her arms out in front of her holding her hands together , then surprisingly a seeming third hand was under her jumper and was moving up and down . |
| 15 | But the plan is for me to get a look in that van without , for the moment , the driver noticing anything wrong . ’ |
| 16 | But the plan is for us all to write a couple of things to put on an album . ’ |
| 17 | In early August the plan was for it to stop at Didcot for servicing on Friday , September 11 , prior to leaving for Bournemouth that evening . |
| 18 | When the Fates and the mood are for it no entity on earth can move with greater elephantine pondorosity than official Washington . |
| 19 | Besides , even those who argue that the answer to women 's dependency/op-pression in the home is for them to take outside jobs ( as if the sort of jobs open to most women were in any way more congenial and less exploitative than housework , except in so far as they are paid ) and put their children into publicly funded day-care centres , must surely allow that some women ( as well as men , of course ) would choose freely to look after children , otherwise how are the centres to be staffed ? |
| 20 | Cos the purpose of the exercise is for us to see how far we 've come , but the most important purpose of the exercise is to determine where we wan na go . |
| 21 | If you find yourself prey to regular bad night terrors , it might be worthwhile talking the problem through with a counsellor , trained in dream analysis , to look at the imagery and try to discover what the messages are for you , what your fears are all about . |
| 22 | The envelope contained cash , and the cash was for her . |
| 23 | The guinea is for you . ’ |
| 24 | But the gift is for you both . |
| 25 | I said well actually the cake was for you as well . |
| 26 | The point is for you to think decide what you think . |
| 27 | The Bible is for us the primary source of authority but not the only source . |
| 28 | It is one thing to claim that by sharing in a dramatic exploration of a theme I can learn something about myself in the process , and quite another to suggest the drama is for me and about me . |
| 29 | She clutched a hand to her ample bosom — actually not so much a bosom , more a shelf ( a cheap shot ) — and motioned that the phone was for me . |
| 30 | It did n't need a Russian scholar to understand that the bald man was claiming that the documents and the guns were for him , only food and drink for the ‘ businessmen ’ . |