Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told Nicola the programme was looking tired and the job was hers for the asking ’ |
| 2 | Yet after the success in India , it appeared that the job was his for the foreseeable future — only for the news to break at the beginning of the 1977 season that , when in Australia for the Centenary Test , he had used his position to recruit players to Kerry Packer 's World Series Cricket . |
| 3 | In time , the ever-increasing number of visitors had opened up an entirely new source of income for the Heymouthians , and instead of having to depend on fishing as their primary source of income , they found the tourist trade was theirs for the developing . |
| 4 | Whose turn was it for a facilities trip ? |
| 5 | On the days he was going to see her , he woke up feeling that anything was possible , that the world was his for the asking . |
| 6 | ‘ And of course the house is yours for the duration , my love . |
| 7 | By then , at the end of the century , the Secretary 's power was his for the taking . |