Example sentences of "it [be] [noun] for them " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Of course then it 's shame for them .
2 Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them .
3 When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom .
4 It was time for them to put their houses in order , ‘ and for the Home Secretary to insist they do ’ .
5 When Loc , with another worried glance in Jacques Devraux 's direction , insisted it was time for them to go to bed , Paul galloped across the clearing with little Hoc on his shoulders and dumped the boy squealing with laughter on his sleeping mat .
6 When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back .
7 By Sunday evening , when it was time for them to leave and the three of them were piling into the Bentley , what she felt inside her , by any definition , was far more than simply sexual excitement .
8 Exactly , but also it was food for them .
  Next page