Example sentences of "be for [pers pn] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it not been for them we would not have known such beautiful places existed . |
| 2 | If it had not been for him we would all be dead and there would n't be anybody telling this . |
| 3 | If it had n't been for him I 'd not have reached the standards that I 've achieved , ’ said Zara . |
| 4 | and if it had n't been for him I would n't have them , |
| 5 | He took himself off , illogically cursing Emily Groundwater ; if it had not been for her he would have been in a warm bed , with Bible Willie breathing beside him . |
| 6 | If it had n't been for her I would n't be here … |
| 7 | If it had n't have been for her I would n't have been taking so many exams . |
| 8 | If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group . |
| 9 | Ten-year-olds being sworn into the Deutsches Jungvolk and Deutsche Jungmädelschaft on that day had to pledge an almost religious vow : ‘ You , Führer , are for us our command ! |
| 10 | Difficult though it would undoubtedly be for him I do not understand it to be said on his behalf that it would be impossible . |
| 11 | And you could say that Boy 's life in The Bar and in fact his mere presence there began somehow to be for us our revenge on that poor boy in that terrible , bitter , unhappy scene in that famous film . |
| 12 | Harder , but it might not be for you I du n no is it ? |
| 13 | It 's for me who put it on . |
| 14 | It 's for you it 's for you . |
| 15 | And so it 's for you it 's for me , for the person sitting beside you and behind , it is for every one of us ! |
| 16 | this freedom we talk about is worthy of their support because it is for them we fight ; it is for the establishment of a social system that is going to provide them with the opportunity and the means to develop all that is best in them and the Nation . |
| 17 | It is for them I am going to surrender . ’ |
| 18 | Well , it is for them you see , |
| 19 | A sense which can work against his best interests — for I need not repeat how much I respect Amaryllis , how entirely delightful and suitable I find her and how wonderfully rare she is for me who has — as man to man I can tell you what you must guess — several times been urged to marry . |
| 20 | If you say if you do n't think this is for you you 've got to tell me that . |
| 21 | If I do n't think you 're suitable and if I do n't think this is for you I 'll I 'll say |
| 22 | You have n't got one y know , quite cheap just mats that they they ah I 've got forgotten what the word is for it they make the mouse improves the performance of the mouse see |