Example sentences of "it be [noun] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And will it be curtains for Coombs in Swindon ? |
| 2 | But if it 's rubbish it 's storage for Dick it 's taking up . |
| 3 | He is one of the finest hairdressers we have and there is nothing he ca n't do with hair ; whether it 's chignons for Princess Alexandra , wigs for Cher of shoots for vogue . |
| 4 | Now it 's time for Wrack ‘ n ’ Ruin to start their afternoon practice session . |
| 5 | Perhaps it 's time for England to try the ploy of getting a recently retired International Player ( Hoddle , Wilkins , Robson — hope not , Keegan or Francis ) . |
| 6 | Last year 's winner It 's time for Louise Nicholson to hand over her title |
| 7 | Ted ought to have been there years ago , he said , and now it 's time for Margaret to be elevated . |
| 8 | HARD CORE : Skipper Gary McAllister believes it 's time for Leeds to get tough |
| 9 | one , it 's Jenny for Andy , pass it on . |
| 10 | It 's Jenny for Andy , pass it on . |
| 11 | It 's Jenny for Andy in the afternoon 's pass it on , and stay right where you are until five o'clock . |
| 12 | It is Maggie for Crilly . |
| 13 | It is time for Ulster 's people to make Ulster 's laws . |
| 14 | The magazine Der Spiegel recently published the results of an opinion poll revealing that 14 per cent of Germans still think Jews were partly to blame for what happened to them in the second world war , 36 per cent believe Jews ‘ have too much influence ’ , and more than 50 per cent believe it is time for Germany to forget the past and move on . |
| 15 | ‘ It is time for Drew to go back to work for a living , ’ said his manager . |
| 16 | Then it is time for Frank to give a sample of his act , which is built around a ventriloquist 's dummy called Marvin the Monkey . |
| 17 | But as Bill celebrated it was curtains for George and Barbara Bush … from West Derby . |
| 18 | ‘ But during the Gaullist years , people said it was propaganda for De Gaulle , ’ he sighs , weary of denying either political message or moralising . |
| 19 | But it was murder for Francis , who said : ‘ I thought a European tie would be easier than the Premier League — but I miscalculated . |
| 20 | It was hell for McColgan as she was picked off in the run-in for a consolation bronze . |
| 21 | It was victory for Hereford , but death for Halifax . |
| 22 | The friend replies that it was A. For Wigner the electron 's wavepacket then collapses into the state in which the spin is definitely " up " . |
| 23 | After the horse was bedded down it was time for Sirrell to celebrate properly , and most of Nantgaredig turned up to assist : he eventually got to bed at 3 a.m . |
| 24 | The fact that Black Fury had been too controversial and yet too muddled to scoop up the prizes did not mean that it was time for Warner Bros to stop being ‘ sociologically-minded ’ . |
| 25 | It was time for Haynes to enjoy himself , though and , aided by some dropped catches , he reached a century as West Indies headed for 267 for 8 declared . |
| 26 | It was time for Postine to play her part . |
| 27 | When it was time for Rosie to leave , Ruth walked with her as far as the corner of the street . |
| 28 | I left before the tour was over because it was time for Mott The Hoople to come and tour and I 'd been designated as the person to take care of them , so I went off before it was over . |
| 29 | It was time for Joe to speak . |
| 30 | It was time for Rakovsky to leave the field and work in Moscow . |