Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Payment was never made for a vessel taken from its owner for royal service ; nor was compensation for loss of a ship , or even damage to its equipment , normally given . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the stringent regimen that was normality for many — even in a lavish burg — was staggering back towards normal . |
| 3 | ‘ On the whole I should have thought that was cause for satisfaction . ’ |
| 4 | Henry joined the Artisans in 1946 and was Secretary for five years . |
| 5 | Whilst I had nothing in the way of academy to display , I had won an open competition at the YMCA Baghdad Tennis Tournament , and was scrum-half for a 15 that was scratched up to play odd sides like the Palestine Police , or a crew from a Red Sea sloop on a visit . |
| 6 | In addition , Minton 's intermittently hysterical behaviour and desire to shock brought out in Ricky the exhibitionist who would undress at parties and was game for any prank . |
| 7 | His son and heir by the first marriage , Richard , married Agnes , daughter of Thomas , first Baron Wharton , and was MP for Cumberland in 1547 and 1553 . |
| 8 | He served on Lancaster town council from 1871 to 1880 and was MP for the Lancaster division of North Lancashire from 1886 to 1895 , when he retired to accept a peerage , allegedly in return for a contribution of £10,000 to Liberal party funds . |
| 9 | He became president of the York Whig Club from 1821 to 1827 , and was MP for Scarborough from 1832 to 1834 . |
| 10 | He refereed international bridge matches ; and was goalkeeper for the Casuals when they won the AFA Cup final in 1913 . |
| 11 | He had been on the committee of the Scottish region , as it was ten called , since 1984 — ‘ they flung me on as naive new blood ’ — — and was vice-chairman for two years before becoming chairman at the tender age of 25 . |
| 12 | Left wing Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside from 1974–87 , she had been a senior officer in the agricultural workers union and was chair for eight years of the Campaign Group of Labour Mps . |
| 13 | He worked in the Post House Wynd store , now Starling and Godfrey , ever since and was manager for many years . |