Example sentences of "be [noun sg] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been murder for our mum . ’ |
| 2 | I gather you 're a leading light in the arts — these are mine for my sins . ’ |
| 3 | Would there be room for his Roller ? |
| 4 | There should just be room for your finger , and your toes should not feel cramped . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ It 'll soon be time for your afternoon lesson . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Except that she did n't like being fuel for his amusement . |
| 10 | Thomas Brinton , bishop of Rochester , preached that the English defeats were punishment for their sins . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's money for my burial , ’ her voice was thin and threadlike , ‘ hidden in the bedroom it is , under the mattress . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | That is checkmate for his argument . |
| 16 | when you need people , well it , there 's , there 's been a programme on this morning there saying it 's not that there , this is vote for your , for your parliament you know , what you call it ? |
| 17 | The money we are paid is recognition for our status compared to that of other people . |
| 18 | As Jennings ( 1982 , p. 67 ) has observed , most councillors are backbenchers , not policy-makers , and about the only vital service they see themselves doing is casework for their constituents . |
| 19 | As there is acclamation for my hon. Friend , I am delighted to give way . |
| 20 | They may instead become increasingly determined to gain access to a school in a nearby LEA with a ‘ better class ’ of pupil , irrespective of how well that school is doing for its intake . |
| 21 | Anyway , what I really want to talk about is engineering for our future in a way because I mean most of you er , listen to the doom and gloom and all the ni , all the er kind of statistics we 've seen that come out of the Engineering Prize Federation , the C B I , I wish somebody , for a change , would put a little bit of gloss on it instead of actually bringing up the statistics which show how badly we 're doing ! |
| 22 | There is air for his creatures to move about in . |
| 23 | The said that is good , it 's it 's like erm pearls and is toner for your face . |
| 24 | I really thought that I would have asked Chris if he is pay for his erm Society here in . |
| 25 | Cooler , drier weather is forecast for their effort to raise funds for research into the rare disease , neuroblastoma , which killed 14-year-old Vicki last year . |
| 26 | The worse thing I 've ever done is wax for my legs I did it once mhm |
| 27 | You must excuse me now , Isabel , it is time for my rest . ’ |
| 28 | It is time for our expedition to begin . |
| 29 | It 's tea-time for my pet rabbit . |
| 30 | It 's tea-time for my pet scorpion . |