Example sentences of "it was [adj -er] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harriet Tremayne , her mother , had been strongly against this , but Tom , her husband , a charming , indolent and indulgent man , had argued , with a certain degree of logic , that ‘ the girl had to do some kind of war work ’ and that it was better for her ‘ to do something she had set her heart on ’ . |
| 2 | Her mother thought it was better for her not to be at home as there was not much space , so the following week they saw the social worker and it was arranged that she go to a house run by the Catholic anti-abortion organisation LIFE . |
| 3 | Eileen 's commanding officer took them to a room and gave them tea , and tried to explain to them that it was better for her to remain . |
| 4 | He drove them to the station and they returned , sad for their sister and still not convinced that it was better for her not to come home . |
| 5 | It 's not my family you know , ’ because it was better for her to stop . |
| 6 | Her guides would have lemon squash because it was better for them and less expensive . |
| 7 | The Presbyterian , Daniel Williams , persuaded a meeting of London Dissenting ministers not to present an address of thanks to the King for the Indulgence , and argued that " it was better for them to be reduced to their former hardships , than declare for measures destructive of the liberties of their country " . |
| 8 | But I said it was better for him if he did n't go back . ’ |
| 9 | It was better for him really . |
| 10 | ‘ It was better for me 'ealth down 'ere , ’ said Dolly , the bedroom getting smaller as more of the family spilled in . |
| 11 | So it was better for me if I was able to pay . |
| 12 | She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’ |
| 13 | It was better for you not to come . |
| 14 | I suppose that , as I myself had not started to smoke at that period of time , it was worse for me , just like garlic eaters . |
| 15 | It was worse for them because they had kept their child and had time to form a bond with it . ’ |
| 16 | It was nearer for me . |
| 17 | It was safer for her simply to go underground . |
| 18 | It was safer for them to have one old woman occupying part of the place than to leave it empty and risk a group of drifters moving in . |
| 19 | But , with the Cabinet decision and the Chancellor party to it , it was harder for them , and I think we had more success than most other governments in doing this just because I knew the background . |
| 20 | It was easier for me — with my work and other interests the days were fully occupied . |
| 21 | But my mother came first is n't it and it was easier for me . |
| 22 | It was easier for her than for many , for she had always lived in two kitchens , under the different and Indifferent ministrations of two cooks . |
| 23 | It was easier for her to see Chris now . |
| 24 | For various reasons , intellectual , historical and sexual , it was easier for her to accept things as they were than for Peter . |
| 25 | It was easier for him to decide what was not true . |
| 26 | The confusion of person in the first sentence is understandable as the contract was written out in Old George 's hand ; and as the sole contracting party on one side it was easier for him to write my than the more impersonal , if more accurate , the master 's or some other third person equivalent . |
| 27 | It was easier for him to come to me . ’ |
| 28 | It was easier for them to demand money from the Government than argue plans past their local unions . |
| 29 | The argument is that it was easier for them to maintain the part of their image of statelessness which consisted of ‘ how we have always done things ’ , than it would have been if they had individually moved into town and settled into a bidonville . |
| 30 | At times we spoke German , it was easier for them . ’ |