Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . " |
| 2 | He 'd thought her a little too old for his own purposes , but always assumed she was there for the taking . |
| 3 | And everyone in Maple Drive , as they cooked , consoled , took out their best suits and thought of even nicer things to say about Donald than the last nice thing that had been said about him , were privately so astonished , so relieved , so savagely glad to be alive that if someone had proposed to bury him upside down in a bucket of horse manure they would probably have agreed it was all for the best . |
| 4 | ‘ Only to an expert in family relationships — and I know you were away for the weekend ! ’ |
| 5 | Inevitably , months later , some actor will hiss , ‘ Heard you were in for the first half the other night , ’ prompting instant fabrication of husband having a miscarriage and mad cow disease in row F ) . |
| 6 | She was about to risk departing for an early lunch , a move which she would not have dared to make if Miss Coldharbour had been in the office , but Julia gathered she was out for the morning and not expected in until two fifteen . |
| 7 | Jack seemed to realise she was there for the first time . |
| 8 | " We thought you were away for the week-end , " she said . |
| 9 | " I often thought it was maybe for the birds . |
| 10 | Cos they were all taking the mick out of him and he said oh she did n't do it he said she was away for the weekend , I had somebody else there . |