Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first the first half a year that I was Holland I I do n't think I was away for a holiday , but then the the next Summer then I was away . |
| 2 | But er I was away for a week there , I only came back on Saturday . |
| 3 | She said , ‘ I was indoors for a bit . |
| 4 | Then I was up for a second — and the next wave hit me . ’ |
| 5 | ANNETTE BENING : ‘ I was up for the part of a prostitute in Dangerous Liaisons , the one whose backside John Malkovich uses to write a letter . |
| 6 | It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money . |
| 7 | I was along for the ride . |
| 8 | We just had to sit there all day on our own , and I was in for a couple of weeks . |
| 9 | ‘ That big yellow beast did this while I was out for a swim . ’ |
| 10 | I was off for a week which is alright , but during that week I was heavily doped on downers . |
| 11 | ‘ I was there for a while , ’ she said pointedly but she was careful not to press too much . |
| 12 | But I wa but I was there for a fortnight and when I came back I , you know it 's preparing for Synod just takes all the time we have somehow and I |
| 13 | So then when I got back to erm er St Giles erm I was there for a month and then I went into a home for the blind and handicapped |
| 14 | Shildon had excused his initial omissions on the grounds that he had concealed that he was engaged in work which was not for the business section . |
| 15 | This included having to study rod sizes , materials and changes in the amounts of electrical current to see how the effect depended on these , which was all for the future . |
| 16 | When Mr Wormwood arrived back from the garage that evening his face was as dark as a thunder-cloud and somebody was clearly for the high-jump pretty soon . |
| 17 | She was here for the taking , was n't she ? |
| 18 | Cos they were all taking the mick out of him and he said oh she did n't do it he said she was away for the weekend , I had somebody else there . |
| 19 | She was about to risk departing for an early lunch , a move which she would not have dared to make if Miss Coldharbour had been in the office , but Julia gathered she was out for the morning and not expected in until two fifteen . |
| 20 | She was there for the reception and for the lunch . |
| 21 | He 'd thought her a little too old for his own purposes , but always assumed she was there for the taking . |
| 22 | She was back for a moment on Bras d'Or , casting off coiling the painter up neatly , approved of by her father , and by Louise . |
| 23 | One thing was for sure : if she showed her face outside she was in for a shock . |
| 24 | She was all for a bit of ducking and diving , that 's how everyone lived in her estimation , but from what she had gleaned recently about her sons , it was a completely different lifestyle they were after . |
| 25 | They but they do n't know what caused that fire er they reckon it was an electrical fault from the generator that er supplied the it was a s a fifty watt bulb in each room and there was mainly for the radio . |
| 26 | He had withdrawn early with his guests , for they were bent on leaving next morning , and their business with him was not for the openness of the hall . |
| 27 | If it was n't for a bit of aggression , he would n't be where he is now . |
| 28 | ‘ Thought it was n't for a woman , etc . |
| 29 | he 's a little , aye I know but he 's , yeah I know but it was n't for a week was it ? |
| 30 | That pool that pool would be really good if it was n't for the water . |