Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's young for her I mean |
| 2 | He kept his eyes on the ground as he answered , ‘ A lovely evening , but it 's late for you to be out alone . ’ |
| 3 | It 's tremendous for us because they 're obviously the best side in this division . ’ |
| 4 | And granddad does n't li want people to see him sort of you know when he has to get up and walk about and go to the loo with the door open and I mean it 's not so bad for us because we 're all related but it 's awful for You know I mean I ca n't imagine Jody or Jessica or Alison or anybody liking it very much . |
| 5 | ‘ All the same , it 's rotten for you , having to manage on your own . ’ |
| 6 | It 's desperate for it . |
| 7 | I need , at the moment in terms of corrective action on quiffs , I am sending quiffs out to procedure owners , and I need to know whether suggestive procedure changes or not , and it 's better for me if it is out in that order then I can go through and mark the quiffs off as being erm the changes or not . |
| 8 | It 's better for me , 'cos there 's less caffeine , and I drink a lot of tea , so . |
| 9 | ‘ Not really because it seems to do any good but just because the thinking is that it 's better for him than other commercial products , ’ says Kathleen . |
| 10 | It 's better for him . |
| 11 | It 's better for them to see their loved ones as they remember them . ’ |
| 12 | but we 're not allowed to put posters on the walls you know , it 's better for them to stick them at |
| 13 | I think we 're all agreed that it 's better for us to die honourably together in this way than to risk a worse fate at the hands of the enemy . " |
| 14 | If we can get full pages fine but sometimes it 's better for us to get these . |
| 15 | ‘ Come on , sit down and let's all have a beer , ’ she said , and with a look at Dr Reid added , ‘ It 's better for you than that rotgut at the bar . ’ |
| 16 | It 's better for you to wait there . |
| 17 | Well if it 's better for you I should . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's worse for them because they blame themselves for having provided me with the financial means to take a plebeian job . ’ |
| 19 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
| 20 | ‘ Any more than it 's possible for me to work up at the college with all those strapping lads running round in jockey shorts and have no reaction whatsoever . ’ |
| 21 | We have n't even got a system , as far as I understand it , that 's compatible , so that it 's possible for me to send my reading lists to , for instance , so they can be picked up by the library . |
| 22 | Can I ask , Mr Chairman , if it 's possible for us to have a copy of the reports ? |
| 23 | ‘ It 's terrible for her . |
| 24 | They like it up there , it 's cosy for them . |
| 25 | Certainly it 's , it 's , it 's tricky for them , obviously we do n't know how long this strikes going to continue , and people in the area are facing er some initial food shortages , and basic commodities which would normally be moved by road , and indeed even as far as Bilbao this morning , there are a shortage of reported , of a , of basic necessities like milk and bread . |
| 26 | It 's daft for you to get a stiff neck on the sofa when there 's room in my bed . ’ |
| 27 | It does n't necessarily mean that they 're unscrupulous in the way that they get their own way ; they just have very clear ideas and it 's impossible for them to see it any other way . ’ |
| 28 | It is impossible , in many ways , for somebody who is erm on benefit and living in independent accommodation with a private landlord often it 's impossible for them to get a job and then cover their rent , so they ca n't get a job . |
| 29 | He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm afraid that 's the kind of detail it 's impossible for me to remember . |