Example sentences of "be [noun sg] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been search for it and here it is look at that , two in there , that 's the new one |
| 2 | Did n't used to really , ooh it must of been murder for him when you think ! |
| 3 | Gardens are work for me , not leisure . ’ |
| 4 | I wonder how he would have done in today 's game , do you think there would have been room for him today ? |
| 5 | There 'll be money for you and the baby . |
| 6 | When each main idea has been sufficiently tested and sufficient knowledge has been gained , the chief executive goes public and announces the decision secure in the knowledge that there will be support for it , because the decision merely ‘ crystallizes ’ the views already put to him , whether he subtly induced them or not . |
| 7 | Now how how you work it on your scheme or whatever scheme comes up , it just seems to me that if you are going to have self-regulatory body , there 's got to be responsibility for it and how you impose that responsibility , could I 'm sure be in all sorts of different ways . |
| 8 | Downhill running will be torture for them , poor devils . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | John has always gone out of his way to try and persuade similar sufferers that there may be help for them in alternative therapies . |
| 11 | When he grew up there would always be work for him on the estate . |
| 12 | That is , assuming there will be room for them once the full panoply of testing and assessment is in place . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , judging from the size of the village , there may well be room for us if we 're to be content with small animals only , but I 'm afraid we 'll never get any farm work . |
| 14 | ‘ But if they ca n't be shifted , there 'll never be room for you , no matter how much better than them you may be at the job . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What will you be doing for her ? ’ |
| 16 | But is there anything I can be doing for you , my heart ? |
| 17 | After the hearing Marcos stated her belief in " divine justice " and claimed that " there is no place in the Philippines that will be jail for me " . |
| 18 | I had never taught in a classroom before but , although daunting at first , it turned out to be education for me as well as the students . |
| 19 | It 's so sincere and done with such love that you know it must be agony for them and your one thought is , ‘ Oh God , how could I have hurt these people like that ? ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He knew the cruelty she was going to witness over the next three months would be agony for her because , for some reason , she trusted animals far more than humans , but , like a nurse looking after animals in a vivisection clinic , he could n't prevent her pain , only alleviate it as much as possible . |
| 22 | There were anonymous letters to my parents , postmarked Chippenham , Corsham , Bath and London , telling them to watch out and do something about their son or there would be trouble for them . |
| 23 | All she can do is tack forward and crash into him , which would be suicide for them all . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | Oh , it 'll be purgatory for me at least , I 'm sure . |
| 26 | What may suit you would be folly for him . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you , ’ God tells Noah and his sons . |
| 29 | That would be hell for me . |
| 30 | ‘ It must be hell for you living with flesh that bubbles and erupts and goes a ghastly shade of taramasalata — |