Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were dry for him in the morning . |
| 2 | In this House it has been easier for Conservative Members in particular to take a dispassionate view of the matter than was possible for them in the previous Parliament , working as they were under the shadow of a General Election and in the aftermath of a traumatic change in leadership . |
| 3 | Markward of Anweiler , who only approached Innocent when the situation was hopeless for him after the formation of a league of cities against imperial domination . |
| 4 | The situation was confused for him by the fact that many of the people he had seen in the church of Gesù Nuovo , the ones who had come to pray and adore , were dressed in rags . |
| 5 | That meant the Minister of Transport was answerable for them in the House of Commons . |