Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Two reasons : first , because they moved here , the Sardinians , to find pasture when the land they had grazed for centuries was taken from them for development — the Costa Smeralda , etcetera . |
| 2 | Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend . |
| 3 | To adhere to the ( 1855 ) treaty that has been made , and which we on our side have kept … you have broken the treaty not we … that engagement was made with us for 20 years … |
| 4 | If your employee was employed by you for a continuous period of at least two calendar years into the qualifying week and normally worked 16 hours or more a week , she is eligible for the higher rate of SMP . |
| 5 | And then Ellie was exasperated with herself for even caring . |
| 6 | Never again had he thought the love of woman could touch his heart , not after the pain of knowing Tatiana was lost to him for ever . |
| 7 | A manuscript of poems was assembled by him for the Professor to view ; the intention being ( and Dudek was very well experienced in this sort of work ) for him to take the matter over and see it through to publication . |
| 8 | Signora ! ’ as a ripe fruit or some trinket or other was thrust before her for her inspection . |
| 9 | The station was offered to us for the sum of £20,000 , but when we asked for a private valuation in the hope of securing a loan to purchase the site , the valuer valued the site at only £10,000 . |
| 10 | Attracted by my outcry , the thing was flopping towards me for a closer look . |
| 11 | When pressure was put on them for more radical appointments , invitations were mostly too late to make any significant impact . |
| 12 | Because of this , it went on , the city was bound to him for life and death and was now ready to spring to his assistance with a great display of strength . |
| 13 | A young Roman Catholic soldier from the Lancashire Fusiliers was billeted on him for two summer months of 1941 and never forgot the joyful singing which used to accompany Ramsey 's washing and shaving before he went off to the cathedral each morning . |
| 14 | It must , he thought , have been decades since a fire was lit in it for warmth . |
| 15 | Jazz 's target was to stay with him for the full four minutes . |