Example sentences of "be [noun sg] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry about you and Garry ; it must be torture for you to lose him , but his wife and child must come first , ’ she said sympathetically . |
| 2 | Of course it must be agony for him to go shopping for me ( what does he do at the chemist 's ? ) , so I suppose he prefers to get it all over in one go . |
| 3 | I dare not spend another farthing , and it would be suicide for me to go to the bank , even if Richard agreed , which he wo n't . ’ |
| 4 | At a time when the world 's largest nuclear power is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , if not worse , and when 27,000 nuclear weapons exist there , the vast majority of which are capable of inflicting considerable damage on this and other countries , it would be lunacy for us to undermine our nuclear deterrent . |
| 5 | Soon it will be time for them to do it again . |
| 6 | But , even when people have had spells of very bad illness , they may still live for many years and there will be time for them to make good plans for their children . |
| 7 | ‘ It 'll be time for me to go and collect Maria soon — ‘ |
| 8 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 9 | It 'll soon be time for me to write again . |
| 10 | She had a point ; the sports clothes were in the first part of the programme — there should be time for her to change into the wedding dress for the finale . |
| 11 | Have a go with the wood , here 's the wood , write Michelle the answer 's no , but later on I 'm sure there 'll be time for you to do it too . |
| 12 | ‘ It 'll soon be time for us to take control , seriously . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ There will be time for us to have a look round Westminster Abbey , ’ said Lady Selvedge , not in the least disturbed by the upsetting little incident of the pudding . |
| 14 | It would be madness for me to refuse you through hurt pride when all I want to do is be with you , as I have just found out . ’ |