Example sentences of "it was for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Difficult though it was for her , however , are we entitled to assume that her French upbringing was bound to give her an adverse picture of her Scottish kingdom , and that her view was justified ? |
| 2 | The New York Herald headlined ‘ These Girl 's Do n't Drink , Smoke or Flirt ’ and printed an article , attributed to Mary , in which she explained how difficult it was for her to maintain discipline in a society where young girls were surrounded on every side by such bad examples of free and easy ways in all walks of life . |
| 3 | They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do . |
| 4 | He could see how hopeless it was for her . |
| 5 | So it was for her . |
| 6 | No one would know how hard it was for her to act the bride she would never be . |
| 7 | She she it was for her a matter of conscience . |
| 8 | It was for me . |
| 9 | I wonder what it 'd be like if the phone suddenly rung and it was for me . |
| 10 | Back in those Hard Times , funerals offered us the comfort of knowing that , however tough it was for me and thee , there was always somebody who had it worse . |
| 11 | Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her . |
| 12 | It was for me a phantom of literary delight ; a name , though less euphonious , almost as evocative as Samarkand , Trebizond or Persepolis . |
| 13 | The bedroom doors of Darlington Hall are of a certain thickness and I could by no means hear complete exchanges ; consequently , it is hard for me now to recall precisely what I overheard , just as , indeed , it was for me later that same evening when I reported to his lordship on the matter . |
| 14 | She took the call and said it was for me . |
| 15 | There is much in the book that will be as new an exciting for most readers , as it was for me . |
| 16 | He appreciated how difficult it was for me ‘ to give way ’ , what a wrench it was for someone who always operated on his own to cooperate with an act he neither understood nor , at that time , actively sought . |
| 17 | It was for me , anyway . |
| 18 | ‘ It was for me . |
| 19 | ‘ You could n't bear the thought , could you , of that girl , that nice young girl , being mistress here ? you told yourself it was for me , all for me . ’ |
| 20 | Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities . |
| 21 | ‘ People still write about how strange it was for me to be with someone like Catherine , ’ he says . |
| 22 | The fact that I should think this , and thought this at the time when I was one of the leaders of the movement campaigning for the ordination of women , brings it home to me how difficult it was for me to work within that movement . |
| 23 | It was for me like the young people out there doing their Licenza Classica . |
| 24 | I think a lot of people get carried away with the occasion and it 's actually supposed to be a very romantic day , and , you know , that 's what it was for me . |
| 25 | And what do you think it was for me ? |
| 26 | When your income is not much above five or six pounds a week , as it was for me in the seventies , even a tin of dog food is out of the question . |
| 27 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 28 | ‘ It was for me . |
| 29 | ‘ It was for me as well , ’ said Rory . |
| 30 | ‘ It was for me , too . |