Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] was for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reminiscing continued — the deaths of friends , one man marching alone through the night , the terrible hard labour it was for some men to die , night marches from one safe house to another , the rain , the wet , the damp , the cold of waiting for an ambush in one place for hours . |
| 2 | Artichaut sauce vinaigrette it was for both the girls . |
| 3 | But her smile was strange — as if she was sharing a secret with me , that this was an illusion it was for us two , not the old man , to foster . |
| 4 | At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it . |
| 5 | But at the conference it was for the first time agreed to allow the constituency parties to elect their own separate representatives to the National Executive , and this at once led to the appearance in this category of Sir Stafford Cripps , Professor Harold Laski and D. N. Pritt — all advocates of close collaboration with the Communist Party , and Pritt indistinguishable from an actual card-carrying member . |
| 6 | And what a great day it was for 82-year-old George Mitchell of the Belmont Club . |
| 7 | " I thought for a while it was for a baby of your own , " she said . |
| 8 | What a shock it was for Nicodemus to learn this truth . |
| 9 | Lassa Java pushed him early on … what a night it was for the Meek family from the Forest of Dean as they watched their dogs dominate … |
| 10 | it was n't for the Dalesman it was for er |
| 11 | The same day , Mobutu warned the conference against this course , asserting in a statement read on national radio that under the present Constitution it was for him to appoint the head of government . |
| 12 | I had a feeling it was for you . |
| 13 | He would n't be allowed to race if his eye was bad , but she knew only too well what a punishing endurance it was for the drivers . |
| 14 | The reason the trade union movement should support the Maastricht Treaty is it 's the only Treaty that is on offer , there 's nothing else on offer but it 's a reasonable Treaty , it has differences in the U K and the reasons it has differences in the U K is the one Mr Major came back last December tell us what a wonderful opportunity it was for Britain , what a wonderful success it was for Britain that he 'd opted out of the Social Chapter . |
| 15 | The Distinguished Flying Cross ( DFC ) was established on the same date as the AFC , June 3 , 1918 , with the same basis except that in this instance it was for duty performed whilst flying on active operations against the enemy . |
| 16 | He appreciated how difficult it was for me ‘ to give way ’ , what a wrench it was for someone who always operated on his own to cooperate with an act he neither understood nor , at that time , actively sought . |
| 17 | So he said I I do n't want to keep you , and I I could see what struggle it was for him to come a er so often in the bad weather , that er I I started the same idea . |
| 18 | The reason the trade union movement should support the Maastricht Treaty is it 's the only Treaty that is on offer , there 's nothing else on offer but it 's a reasonable Treaty , it has differences in the U K and the reasons it has differences in the U K is the one Mr Major came back last December tell us what a wonderful opportunity it was for Britain , what a wonderful success it was for Britain that he 'd opted out of the Social Chapter . |
| 19 | And from previous experience it was for some no longer a matter of automatic belief when Hitler declared that ‘ the Bolshevik hordes … will be smashed into oblivion by us in the coming summer ’ . |
| 20 | He went on to complete 92 grand prix before retiring in 1979 , telling the world it was for ‘ reasons of self preservation . ’ |
| 21 | During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it . |
| 22 | However , financial security is no longer the problem it was for most people ; welfare systems ensure survival . |
| 23 | Trainer Francois Doumen said last night : ‘ The challenge is to bring him back for Gold Cup day in the same shape he was for Kempton . |
| 24 | This time it was for a new church in Gainsborough to honour the Lincolnshire-born John Robinson , pastor to the ‘ Pilgrim Fathers ’ although he did not actually sail in the Mayflower . |
| 25 | The telephone rang three times ; each time it was for Morris . |