Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The repeated attacks of this last disease were to trouble him for the rest of his life . |
| 2 | The order was for the production of material relating to the purchase by a client , Mrs G , of certain real property , the allegation being that she was a member of the family of another person who was suspected of being a drug trafficker and who was using her for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of such trafficking . |
| 3 | Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment . |
| 4 | Meanwhile Dave had gone to pick up the boss from Stuttgart Airport as he was joining us for the weekend . |
| 5 | I mean you could say in this situation the stag was doing it for the benefit of the species but er you do n't need to er you do n't need to take that point of view . |
| 6 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
| 7 | The only way he knew to heal the pain of his humiliation was to punish her for the crime of leaving him . |