Example sentences of "it was good 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 | When Daniel saw his wife coming towards the cubicle to offer comfort where he could n't he flailed his arms and drove her away , leaving Mrs Marriott to cry on , not even telling himself it was good for her to cry , since how could he know , how could he imagine ? |
| 15 | Colin had never argued with anyone like himself in his life , and in fact it was good for him . |
| 16 | Although I hated the very idea of selling things to people who might not want to buy them ( even if it was good for them ) I made quite a few sales , the main commission deriving from the sale of a Group Insurance Scheme to 32 men from the Times-Herald staff . |
| 17 | I think it was good for them . |
| 18 | So it was good for me to imagine Freddie sitting there . |
| 19 | I suppose it was good for us , but we did n't think so at the time . |
| 20 | It was good for us . |
| 21 | I thought it was good for us . |
| 22 | They used to say it was good for you . |
| 23 | His tobacco had a richly herbal smell , as though it was good for you . |
| 24 | And I started on the Monday morning , Dad did the sandwiches , since he was head chef in the morning for the family , and off he sent me down the road , was n't too bad it was all down hill , early in the morning it was good for you , down hill . |
| 25 | She had thought long and hard before deciding that it was best for him to hear it from her rather than risk it reaching him through the more sensational tabloids , but she had braced herself for an outburst of shock , anger , even disgust . |
| 26 | She came to see him once , was shy and vague and noncommittal , later wrote to say it was best for them not to see each other again . |
| 27 | The sisters would be told that Buzz had agreed it was best for her to leave . |
| 28 | He sensed a tension in the air , prickling with Blufton 's bruised ego , and thought it was best for her to defuse it . |