Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It belonged almost in its entirety to Kenneth Horne , around whom the show was built , but there was enough left over for the supporting players , Betty Marsden , Hugh Paddick , Bill Pertwee and Ken , all of whom built up their own individual following . |
| 2 | But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment . |
| 3 | She was being towed to the breakers when she began to take in water ( probably through the conning tower hatch which was only lashed down for the tow ) and sank . |
| 4 | She was only joining in for the sake of the others because Murder in the Dark is more fun with five than with four . |
| 5 | ‘ She said she was just popping out for a minute , ’ she replied . |
| 6 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |
| 7 | So erm I was feeling a bit edgy about this when we were in the pub after the concert cos I thought maybe he 's reading things into it and I , you know , I was just going along for the music . |
| 8 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 9 | This peak was not reached again for a long period , but by 1989 it had reached 76.4 per cent ( Employment Gazette , November 1989 ) . |
| 10 | But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview . |
| 11 | A public school was more alien to his nature than his father realized : this son was not cut out for a smooth ascent of the ladder of preferment . |
| 12 | GROWING up on a tobacco farm was enough to convince Cheryl Boston that she was not cut out for the agricultural life . |
| 13 | Section 5(3) provides that a person is not liable under section 2 for any damage by an animal ‘ kept on any premises or structure to a person trespassing there , if it is proved either ( a ) that the animal was not kept there for the protection of persons or property ; or ( b ) ( if the animal was kept there for the protection of persons or property ) that keeping it there for that purpose was not unreasonable . ’ |
| 14 | For example , there was no real requirement to handle Training or Sickness and Absenteeism recording ( although it was not ruled out for the future ) . |
| 15 | It rests also on the insight that income " transferred " by this means was not used only for the minimum relief of destitution , for the old , widowed , orphaned and infirm , but also for the purchase of some " decencies " , for the supplementation of the earnings of the underemployed as well as the relief of the involuntarily unemployed , and for the apprenticing of the children of the poor . |
| 16 | A clear handball , as the replay shows and sure enough a penalty , but then Oxford 's Mike Ford was mysteriously sent off for the offence . |
| 17 | He tried to say this in a way that suggested that he was always ringing up for a natter about arsenic and thallium , that there was nothing odd about his request . |
| 18 | Together they walked across the carpet ; a splendid Second Empire Aubusson which was always rolled up for the parties . |
| 19 | Shortly after the First World War , the mill ceased operating commercially , although it is said locally , that it was still used occasionally for the production of animal feed . |
| 20 | ‘ Sorry , no , ’ Ellie said dismissively , and if Phena thought she was also coming in for a chat she was mistaken . |
| 21 | He was also crying out for an efficient office . |
| 22 | ( Prior to World War I , where gas had been available for cooking , it was often used only for the Sunday dinner . ) |
| 23 | Because the trust was originally set up for the purposes of mitigating inheritance tax the trust may come within the provisions of ss739 and 740 with the exemption mentioned in s741 not being available . |
| 24 | I was really choked up for a moment . |
| 25 | The wolf had cornered his prey and was now moving in for the kill . |
| 26 | ‘ The major chains have taken up the promotion in a big way , but so have many independents , which is terrific because the promotion was n't designed just for the chains ; we wanted everyone to get involved . ’ |
| 27 | I was n't playing well for the rest of the team , and that is one of my strengths , because even when I 'm not scoring I know I can contribute . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |
| 29 | He was n't going in for the Eddie . |
| 30 | Carew was about to reach down for the attaché case resting against the leg of the chair when Harrison leaned forward towards him , his face contorted with bitterness and dislike . |