Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [pron] [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ I was his prisoner for the night , ’ she snapped . |
| 2 | Well I was I was me leg for a bit too But I went up to Monklands and |
| 3 | His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets . |
| 4 | Now , getting back to the comment the woman made earlier about men being misogynist within their own world I 'm quite convinced that a good deal of those men would go home to their wives and family and be very loving to their , to their wives and family , be respectful of their neighbours but as soon as they got in the all male environment , and this woman was there to be used , she was their property for the time that they paid their money to get through the door , they could be as misogynist , offensive and horrid as they wanted to be ! |
| 5 | She was my friend for a long time because we got on really well together . |
| 6 | ‘ The police assumed that the money he gave her was his bonus for the Madrid Open and the Italian Championship . ’ |
| 7 | Unfortunate that it was her turn for the floor . |
| 8 | It was her panacea for every ill . |
| 9 | I thought it was my turn for a kip . |
| 10 | He went out with Naomi for a few minutes and then it was my turn for a little chat . |
| 11 | It was my turn for the telescope . |
| 12 | When he heard about Bonanza parking the Fraser girl on ice out in the country he must have figured it was his chance for the big killing . |
| 13 | This time it was his turn for a dull flush to warm the tan on his cheeks . |