Example sentences of "be [noun] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been calls for his resignation , which he has ignored . |
| 2 | It must have been murder for our mum . ’ |
| 3 | Hoyland saw his job as trying to impose some order on his boss 's whirlwind operating methods , which had caused such irritation amongst the others that there had been demands for his dismissal . |
| 4 | The detailed points raised by the hon. Member for Linlithgow ( Mr. Dalyell ) are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , who will have heard what the hon. Gentleman has said . |
| 5 | Admissions to the United Kingdom are matters for our right hon. Friend the Home Secretary . |
| 6 | ‘ They 're ferns for my Nature collection , look you . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There had been cries for his public execution but Jamel Mobuto had made it quite clear that Ngune would be tried and , if found guilty , sentenced to life imprisonment . |
| 9 | There had been fears for her life but she had recovered . |
| 10 | I gather you 're a leading light in the arts — these are mine for my sins . ’ |
| 11 | none of these are starters for their teams right now and some are not even on the bench ( Lydersen , Strandli ) . |
| 12 | For a word to have a meaning is for there to be rules for its use : rules in virtue of which the application of the word can count as correct in some cases and incorrect in others . |
| 13 | ‘ There may be reasons for his silence , perfectly good reasons if we only knew them . |
| 14 | There would be times for our tops , and games of tip-cat , and with our packs of cigarette cards , games of Long Skate , and other variations of these to be played during break . |
| 15 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 16 | Would there be room for his Roller ? |
| 17 | There should just be room for your finger , and your toes should not feel cramped . |
| 18 | ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ he asked , going on to apologise that he would have to leave them shortly since it would be time for his surgery . |
| 19 | If I do n't get back and find Jeff soon it 'll be time for my last bus and I ca n't go without seeing him . |
| 20 | ‘ It 'll soon be time for your afternoon lesson . ’ |
| 21 | This is intended to reflect her costs as ‘ carer ’ of the child(ren) but it seems probable that many people will interpret it as being money for her maintenance . |
| 22 | First half losses before tax increased from £17.7m to £30.6m at Ratners ; Gerald Ratner received much criticism and there were calls for his resignation at the company 's agm . |
| 23 | Except that she did n't like being fuel for his amusement . |
| 24 | Thomas Brinton , bishop of Rochester , preached that the English defeats were punishment for their sins . |
| 25 | It was Ana who came forward as Maggie came into the room , and clearly she did not let her blindness get in the way of being hostess for her brother . |
| 26 | Proposals were put forward for new houses and development around the barn ; but because the barn itself was ignored , there were fears for its future . |
| 27 | No there 's they were , they were called but they were agents for their own ships . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's money for my burial , ’ her voice was thin and threadlike , ‘ hidden in the bedroom it is , under the mattress . |
| 29 | None of those and the chancellor of the exchequer is rubbing his hands and saying Goody goody th there 's money for my coffers cos he is the one who is going to step in and take it all , so the people will argue the obvious ones are , firstly somebody you live with but are not married to . |
| 30 | They may be resented or hated , but there is admiration for their supposed ‘ industriousness ’ , ‘ ambitiousness ’ , ‘ enterprise ’ , ‘ family values ’ , ‘ respect and care for their elderly ’ , ‘ respect for authority ’ , and so on . |