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Example sentences of "[pers pn] was for " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	It hit me just how right Anne had been when she said that teaching was the only job I knew — and how horribly ill-equipped I was for anything else .
2	I was for a short time privileged to share in the joy and vitality and the oneness with Almighty God in his Luo people ( Anne Marie will gladly give a talk and show slides to any interested groups in the North West .
3	In fact , I was for some time of the opinion that this huge challenge ahead of us could not be surmounted without my bringing in additional staff from outside .
4	Full of admiration as I was for these brave , sturdy survivors , it was kidneys I was now interested in .
5	How thankful I was for the strength these two shared with me !
6	For reasons which are too complicated to bother with , I had left Scotland , where I was for Christmas , on December 30th to go to the Isle of Wight and spend that most braw , bricht , moonlicht and Caledonian of celebrations , Hogmanay in the Deep South .
7	In passing , I would like to say how grateful I was for this friendly and sympathetic , as well as informative , advice from the Humanist Association .
8	I can not resist the admission that I was profoundly flattered when a telephone call from Harold Wilson at Downing Street invited me to mediate on the basis that , so far as they could see , I was for the moment the only tolerable candidate .
9	I was for resolving this phenomenon into ship-wrecks , and supposing that they might have been flung on these coasts out of some unhappy vessels ; but this solution of mine is absolutely denied , from the frequency and regularity of the appearance of these seeds . "
10	I was for resolving this phenomenon into ship-wrecks , and supposing that they might have been flung on these coasts out of some unhappy vessels ; but this solution of mine is absolutely denied , from the frequency and regularity of the appearance of these seeds . "
11	Anyway , this man came up to where I was standing with my mother , and asked if I was for hire .
12	Well , I was crazy … sure I was for a time .
13	Why , you were as hot for me as I was for you ! ’
14	Like the rest of the family , you assumed I was for sale .
15	Which I was for shying off anyway , because I do n't think it 's any of our , our business .
16	Which is why I 'm ringing , ’ Rosemary revealed , and confessed , ‘ I have n't let myself face how lonely I was for the sound of his voice .
17	‘ Because I was for so many years a one man operation , ’ he says , ‘ I was always right at the centre of things .
18	‘ I think he was better casting than I was for the part .
19	No , I was for today and I 've got ta go back the week after I 'm due .
20	His was for thirty-five years the pre-eminent retail business at the upper end of the market , supplying tableware and massive buffet plate to the jewel house and the Russian court ( Tsarinas Anna and Catherine , and Count Brobinski ) .
21	I simply assumed his was for later on , like mine . ’
22	That was what she was for .
23	She was n't at all good at concealing how worried she was for his safety .
24	‘ I 'm not surprised she was for cats ' meat , ’ Biddy said .
25	The competition was to take place in August and , although she was for ever panicking about what they still could n't do , she tended to overlook how far they had come from first beginnings .
26	Nell stayed as she was for a long time , then had an inspiration .
27	No doubt Selene would marry and have children ; that was all she was for .
28	Or maybe you can say that Mellor wanted to be the captain , but she was for sure the admiral .
29	But the next time Cecilia saw Daphne Bleech-Palmer Tina 's words came back to her and she was for a while shy and constrained .
30	She felt the tight leather skirt being wriggled upwards to bare her scorching behind , and when his cool fingers touched her hot flesh she realised just how hot she was for him .