Example sentences of "[conj] i [was/were] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons which are too complicated to bother with , I had left Scotland , where I was for Christmas , on December 30th to go to the Isle of Wight and spend that most braw , bricht , moonlicht and Caledonian of celebrations , Hogmanay in the Deep South . |
| 2 | ‘ I think he was better casting than I was for the part . |
| 3 | she was for the top of the hockey team and I were for the football |
| 4 | Anyway , this man came up to where I was standing with my mother , and asked if I was for hire . |
| 5 | ‘ Because I was for so many years a one man operation , ’ he says , ‘ I was always right at the centre of things . |
| 6 | Full of admiration as I was for these brave , sturdy survivors , it was kidneys I was now interested in . |
| 7 | Why , you were as hot for me as I was for you ! ’ |