Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As chance would have it we were going camping with another family whose father was to accompany me for a day 's climbing on Pillar . |
| 2 | The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction . |
| 3 | The old man was begging him for a dime to buy a cup of coffee . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought it would be best if Mr Challow were to help you for a bit , Miss Broome , ’ said Mervyn , ‘ while he 's getting settled down , that is . ’ |
| 5 | Mrs Verity 's expenditure turned out to be far more than she guessed and their decisions were also affected because the bank was overcharging them for a time . |