Example sentences of "it is for [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's astonishing how easy it is for us grown-ups to lose touch with the ability to shake off our responsibilities and inhibitions . |
| 2 | But , I think it is for your children , but erm I 've I worked er , before I had the children and |
| 3 | I 've , yeah I know , but it 's just some days you , I know , I see what you mean , talking about that , but at the end it is for your children anyway , cos you know , that money should be for your children and if you have worked and you put the money away for them anyway , you 've paid your taxes and things . |
| 4 | We thus tend to think of ourselves as machines , and when things go wrong treatment is organized along similar lines as it is for our machines — servicing , repairing and patching as dictated by the appearance of aches , pains and loss of function . |
| 5 | It is not us we talk for , it is for our children who come after us . |
| 6 | Although he spent a comparatively few number of years as a painter , it is for his paintings that his name is known worldwide . |
| 7 | And it is for his gaffes as much as his gifts that old Colemanballs — the column Private Eye named after them — will be remembered . |