Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [noun] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was manna for the banks . |
| 2 | This was fodder for the trainees , and they rarely got much else . |
| 3 | This was par for the course , they seemed to be saying . |
| 4 | The judge 's initial view was that these were matters for the trial but he was persuaded otherwise by the arguments of counsel . |
| 5 | It said nothing about investiture or homage : these were matters for the pope . |
| 6 | He wondered if these were preparations for the journey he had suggested last night . |
| 7 | Fairy tales , fables , moral and religious stories , alphabets , songs and poems , all were grist for the stationers ' presses . |
| 8 | For me that was vindication for the disagreements I 'd had with Sydney Newman and Donald Wilson , both of whom saw the music and titles after they 'd been done and said they did n't like them . |
| 9 | But then , as she was fast coming to realise , that was par for the course really , since nothing appeared to make much sense where Dane Jacobsen was concerned . |