Example sentences of "they be [noun pl] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 They are singers for whom singing and rehearsal are constant duties that are not always ( to say the least ) touched by concerns of high art .
2 It is not therefore surprising that he becomes unable to make love satisfactorily to the women he chooses since they are surrogates for his mother .
3 And they are gluttons for what currently seems to be a much scarcer resource : water .
4 They 're ferns for my Nature collection , look you .
5 No there 's they were , they were called but they were agents for their own ships .
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