Example sentences of "[verb] for [pers pn] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting for him was the illuminated Lifeboat tram , on which he made a tour of the Promenade , waving to the crowds and commenting favourably on Blackpool 's modern streamlined trams . |
| 2 | Waiting for him were the Bosnian Serb leader , Radovan Karadzic , Bosnian Croat leader , Mate Boban , and mediators Lord Owen and Cyrus Vance . |
| 3 | Folly clutched the towel closer around her , painfully aware that the bikini he had packed for her was the briefest she owned . |
| 4 | She looked at Peter , gravely answering the teasing of one of the lovers , and wondered if what she felt for him was the same quality of feeling that her parents had known and relied upon . |
| 5 | All that 's left for them are the smallest triumphs , revenges or consolations — together with a fascination for the England of 15 or 20 years ago . |
| 6 | All that remains for him is the bitter awareness of his own futility . |