Example sentences of "is [pron] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is nothing for me to add ’ . |
| 2 | There is nothing for me here , do n't you see ? |
| 3 | ‘ There is nothing for me to go back to , ’ she says , ‘ nothing for me to live off . |
| 4 | ‘ My plane is nothing for me but a flying machine gun , ’ he said , and he was a fantastic marksman . |
| 5 | for example , that if a sporting event ends prematurely because of bad weather , or of attendance falls short of anticipated levels , some or all of the casual labour force can be discharged and workers need not be carried when there is nothing for them to do . |
| 6 | It is time he responded and paid compensation to those farmers , and allowed them to get on with earning their livelihood , instead of telling them that there is nothing for them from the Ministry of Agriculture . |
| 7 | there is nothing for them . |
| 8 | The circulation of air round a depression usually has ‘ fronts ’ or areas of rain associated with it , and when birds , which navigate by being able to see the night sky , meet with a barrier of rain and bad visibility then there is nothing for it but to drop down to the nearest land and wait until conditions improve . |
| 9 | If , however , you find yourself carrying three or four such problems it seems clear that there is nothing for it but to go back and attack the first difficulties again . |
| 10 | There is nothing for it but to taste and to experiment for yourself . |
| 11 | In other words Julie , there is nothing for you to do is all , I mean , you 're giving , you 're giving millions of instructions |
| 12 | ‘ There is nothing for us to discuss . ’ |
| 13 | You are welcome to serve my meals in my room , there is plenty for me to do alone upstairs . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ There is plenty for him , ’ observed Dorothy , ‘ wherever he looks on the carpet . ’ |
| 15 | There is plenty for you to watch : the way they feed , the way they cluster around the queen , the way they look after their eggs and grubs ( larvae ) , the development of the larvae into adult ants . |
| 16 | I should go quite dotty without work , and there is none for me in Venice now . |
| 17 | ‘ Is she for me ? ’ |
| 18 | Presumably , then , there is something for Him to be jealous of ! |
| 19 | There is something for me to be mistaken about . |
| 20 | The question for Britain is one for us . |
| 21 | ‘ What hope is there for them this Lent ? |
| 22 | Well I think , I think she 'll be that fed up being here all that time , she 'll be glad to get back to America to be quite honest with you Chris , what is there for her to do all that time ? |
| 23 | What is there for me to question you about ? ’ |
| 24 | I think this is it for him . |
| 25 | ‘ How much is it for me ? in he asked . |
| 26 | Is it for me ? |
| 27 | Is it for me ? |
| 28 | Is it for me ? |
| 29 | Is it for me to go ? |
| 30 | Is it for me Phil this one is it ? |