Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , the Chancellor was bracing himself for a furious political storm when he unveils his autumn package on Thursday , including a mystery ‘ fiscal package ’ ministers are remaining tight-lipped about . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction . |
| 4 | The old man was begging him for a dime to buy a cup of coffee . |
| 5 | The city was bracing itself for a party to beat them all , but the Spaniards decided to re-write the script . |
| 6 | 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 . |