Example sentences of "[pron] was [adj] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I changed , ready for bed , but I was warm for the room was warm , and so turned my gas fire down several times . |
| 2 | ‘ I was upset for a while , but I do n't seem to care any more . |
| 3 | I suppose I was overdue for a move . |
| 4 | I was late for the reception . |
| 5 | ‘ I was late for the match and in a tearing hurry . |
| 6 | I 'd forgone breakfast because I had n't got to bed till four in the morning , lunch because I had a hangover and anyway I was late for the train , and due to the fact that it was — according to British Rail at any rate — still part of the extended Festive Period , there had been no buffet trolley on the train . |
| 7 | Of course I was due for a humiliation . |
| 8 | ‘ I was unavailable for the game against the Midlands and the side won despite losing a number of players . |
| 9 | In the end , I deliberately threw her at you because I was desperate for a sign of jealousy from you . |
| 10 | I did a length just to loosen up and by the end of it I was desperate for a cigarette . |
| 11 | A friend and I were in the back streets of St Tropez , looking for a taxi , and I was desperate for a pee . |
| 12 | ‘ I was delighted for the fans who travelled 300 miles south to see us . |
| 13 | I was not in love with Terry , never had been ; I went after him , deliberately , because I was ripe for an affair and I thought with him I could have one and enjoy it and still feel like the nice clean girl-next-door afterwards . |
| 14 | I was married for a couple of years in the seventies . |
| 15 | I was grateful for the radio he had borrowed from the farmer , although I had to play it almost inaudibly , so as not to disturb him . |
| 16 | I was grateful for the information you conveyed regarding Heather 's reading matter on Rhodes . |
| 17 | I was shocked for a minute . |
| 18 | I was quiet for a moment . |
| 19 | ‘ I was angry for a while because I was confident that the horse would win , but Willie did the right thing , ’ John Sutcliffe , Superoo 's trainer , said yesterday . |
| 20 | I was ill for a lot of my boyhood , but I did manage one complete term at prep school . |
| 21 | ‘ I saw that bush move as I passed , ’ Mary jabbered excitedly , ‘ I was scared for a sec , but I moved the bush and there it was . ’ |
| 22 | At the time that I was contending for the ordination of women to the priesthood of the Anglican Church , I made use of another argument , drawing out the implications of patristic thought . |
| 23 | I was silent for a moment then I looked away . |
| 24 | I was silent for a moment , trying desperately hard to remember events that had happened only a few minutes earlier . |
| 25 | I was silent for a moment . |
| 26 | I was silent for a moment , then I asked : ‘ Is there a telephone somewhere ? |
| 27 | ‘ But I was glad for a lot of reasons that you did n't aim true in the dyeyard . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I am only too aware I was responsible for the legislation … |
| 29 | I was responsible for the development of battery operated equipment at A.E.R.E. Harwell for a number of years . |
| 30 | I was in sole charge of the bank , and I was responsible for the safe and its contents because the Manager had gone to Parma that day . |