Example sentences of "it was for me " in BNC.

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1 It was for me .
2 I wonder what it 'd be like if the phone suddenly rung and it was for me .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 It was for me a phantom of literary delight ; a name , though less euphonious , almost as evocative as Samarkand , Trebizond or Persepolis .
6 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 .
7 She took the call and said it was for me .
8 There is much in the book that will be as new an exciting for most readers , as it was for me .
9 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 .
10 It was for me , anyway .
11 It was for me .
12 ‘ 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 . ’
13 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 .
14 ‘ People still write about how strange it was for me to be with someone like Catherine , ’ he says .
15 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 .
16 It was for me like the young people out there doing their Licenza Classica .
17 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 .
18 And what do you think it was for me ?
19 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 .
20 I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa .
21 It was for me .
22 It was for me as well , ’ said Rory .
23 It was for me , too .
24 I can only tell you how it was for me .
25 They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’
26 It was for me ! !
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