Example sentences of "i [was/were] for " in BNC.

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1 she was for the top of the hockey team and I were for the football
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 Full of admiration as I was for these brave , sturdy survivors , it was kidneys I was now interested in .
6 How thankful I was for the strength these two shared with me !
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
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 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 . "
12 Anyway , this man came up to where I was standing with my mother , and asked if I was for hire .
13 Well , I was crazy … sure I was for a time .
14 Why , you were as hot for me as I was for you ! ’
15 Like the rest of the family , you assumed I was for sale .
16 Which I was for shying off anyway , because I do n't think it 's any of our , our business .
17 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 .
18 ‘ Because I was for so many years a one man operation , ’ he says , ‘ I was always right at the centre of things .
19 ‘ I think he was better casting than I was for the part .
20 No , I was for today and I 've got ta go back the week after I 'm due .
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