Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the other two were my fault for changing the bike . |
| 2 | In their evidence to the Social Services Committee on the Griffiths Report , Evans and Maxwell concluded that its most far-reaching and radical aspects were its proposals for the central management of the service , with its promise of a new relationship between the DHSS and local health authorities and the change from passive to active management ( Evans and Maxwell 1984 ) . |
| 3 | All she omitted were her feelings for Damian , because they were too private , too intense and too confusing . |
| 4 | Mornings were their times for baths . |
| 5 | The Salesian Sisters , who were their hostesses for the weekend , gave them a warm and friendly welcome , and the retreatants quickly settled down in the beautiful house . |
| 6 | During my youth , women did n't have the same expectations as they do today , nor were there methods for not having children . |
| 7 | Essentially , they wanted to spend the rest of their lives in the area in which they were born , and anyway , where were there opportunities for ex-miners ? |
| 8 | What is much more difficult to know is what were his motives for the decision , and what he expected to be the likely outcome . |
| 9 | If anyone had asked him God forbid — what were his feelings for his sister he would have replied that he was fond of her . |
| 10 | The joyless cynicism , vicious cruelty , and ugly surroundings of his new life were his punishment for living so long in foolish illusion . |
| 11 | Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’ |
| 12 | But were your feelings for him maternal , or passionate ? |
| 13 | And how much , how much were your subs for the Labour Party , how much was your membership ? |
| 14 | And what were your wages for that ? |
| 15 | No longer were our proposals for long term projects just reports on pieces of paper ; they were real — and not just for us , but for the children of Vietnam . |
| 16 | ‘ What was them screams for ? ’ |
| 17 | She was my friend for a long time because we got on really well together . |
| 18 | Erm , what was my convention for lines ? |
| 19 | What was my invention for indenting . |
| 20 | At least , that was my excuse for not catching anything . |
| 21 | It was my home for many months , so much so that when at last I was discharged , I was loath to leave . |
| 22 | That was my payment for taking |
| 23 | I thought it was my turn for a kip . |
| 24 | He went out with Naomi for a few minutes and then it was my turn for a little chat . |
| 25 | It was my turn for the telescope . |
| 26 | I was on my knees , there was orange juice and broken plates and food and coffee everywhere and Sheridan was saying loudly it was my fault for being clumsy . ’ |
| 27 | It was my fault for being late . ’ |
| 28 | Vines ( 1981 ) was my source for sheepdogs . |
| 29 | Some months later I got a cheque for six hundred dollars — apparently a programme in America had done a feature on what can happen when you ask a stupid question and that was my fee for being included . |
| 30 | His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets . |