Example sentences of "was for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Serjeant was then stricken with severe arthritis and was for a period chair-bound . |
| 2 | The most forceful shout was for a Toyota truck on a stand in a showroom . |
| 3 | They often discussed his family together and how hard it was for a single man to bring up children alone . |
| 4 | This hypothesis was for a long time a subject of much contention in anthropology and is not even now entirely laid to rest , but the meagre historical record we possess can not possibly support such an assertion . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The adjudicator concluded that Mr Hussain 's application was for a short-term stay and dismissed the appeal after hearing evidence from Miss Rafique that she had no intention of living in Pakistan . |
| 7 | Her entry was for a suit for Dame Edna Everidge to wear to visit her bank manager . |
| 8 | And most of those were anomalies , such as consolation prizes to Julie Andrews ( Mary Poppins , 1964 ) for not being cast in the screen version of My Fair Lady ; and to John Wayne ( True Grit , 1969 ) , whose only other nomination in forty years was for a war movie ( Sands of Iwo Jima , 1949 ) . |
| 9 | One Victorian scheme was for a tunnel lit by candles , where horses would draw passengers across in special vehicles , pausing only at an artificial island in the middle of the Channel for everyone to come up for air and water . |
| 10 | Another project was for a submerged tube . |
| 11 | After talks with BR 's Chairman , Peter Parker , we agreed that the sensible way forward was for a new company , British Rail Investments , to be formed and for the subsidiaries to be transferred to the private sector , with the proceeds going to British Rail . |
| 12 | Hitler was never again to be at the centre of public attention as he was for a while following the plot of 20 July 1944 . |
| 13 | This was for a short time only ; I had suffered a significant loss , but not a life-threatening or total one . |
| 14 | The need , however , was for a permanent body to deal with matters affecting Nonconformity , to encourage unity amongst the various denominations or at least to cut down on needless competition , to present a united Nonconformist ‘ witness ’ when required and to give a ‘ Nonconformist ’ answer to political questions whenever possible , that is , when this could be done without alienating the Methodists , especially the Wesleyans . |
| 15 | This time it was for a new church in Gainsborough to honour the Lincolnshire-born John Robinson , pastor to the ‘ Pilgrim Fathers ’ although he did not actually sail in the Mayflower . |
| 16 | ‘ The advice I gave the bench and the decision they rightly came to was for a re-trial . ’ |
| 17 | On his return to the Westminster he was for a time senior house officer in the department of clinical measurement before becoming anaesthetic research registrar . |
| 18 | One morning , early in May , I was wakened by what was for a town-bred boy a startling commotion . |
| 19 | Overall the preference was for a six hour course followed closely by the three hour course . |
| 20 | The initial proposal was for a 60 per cent cut in sulphur dioxide and a 40 per cent cut in dust and NOx , on 1980 levels , by 1995 . |
| 21 | He had a very high reputation as a spiritual guide ( he was for a time Abbot of Bec in Normandy ) and teacher . |
| 22 | An alternative to this clustering was for a widowed mother and unmarried daughter to maintain a household , as indeed , Bridget Freemantle did with her mother . |
| 23 | They tell us that a stonemason 's third marriage at 57 was his happiest ; or that a retired doctor found ‘ life was for a time difficult ’ for lack of ‘ any special hobbies . ’ |
| 24 | The other time that they used to sit down together was for a cup of tea or coffee at six in the morning , which was when the man got home , and often as not that was when Boy got home too . |
| 25 | Their main call was for a return to the 1977 White Paper , namely : ‘ a specific commitment on the part of central and local government to the regeneration of the inner areas … both central and local government will be judged by their willingness to implement new priorities , to make funds available , to change policies and to adapt their organisations , ( DoE , 1977 , para. 25 ) . |
| 26 | The first new project he mentioned in his letters was for a ballet to be danced to the spoken word . |
| 27 | And that was for a very good reason . |
| 28 | The Money Market — like Acceptance Credits and commercial paper — offered lower cost but less flexibility because credit was for a fixed term . |
| 29 | The contract was for a fixed term of five years . |
| 30 | The Belle 's last official tour on April 21 1979 , was for a group of local enthusiasts , seen here at the Pleasure Beach . |