Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have n't been pressured into any further interrogation , not only because of the condition you were in for so long , ’ Munro said , ‘ but because we know everything there is to know about Operation Eagle . ’ |
| 2 | High heels were out for now , though ; she felt shaky enough as it was . |
| 3 | When Rose saw the table already set for morning , she said , ‘ If you were around for too long I 'd be spoiled rotten . |
| 4 | Quite honestly oh it was eight till ten that show was on for basically |
| 5 | So I think he was down for about six months before he left . |
| 6 | The day we drove to his mother 's great big house with its green lawns and clipped hedges , I knew that my war was over for ever and Raymond was by my side . ’ |
| 7 | It was over for quite a few of our friends and neighbours . |
| 8 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 9 | And er he was there er two blokes had to get come get chains and get him out of it and all that and here was n't a scratch on him but erm he was off for about five or six months you know he had ee ee this brain tests and everything , the shock had er he was quite bad for some time . |
| 10 | The Graduate was up for Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor , Best Actress ( Bancroft ) , Best Supporting Actress ( Ross ) , Best Screenplay ( based on material from another medium ) , and Best Cinematography ( Robert Surtees ) . |
| 11 | Well a couple of weeks and I was off on embarkation leave , and then I was back for about a week and we were gone . |
| 12 | Ken , never the most modest man about his talents , finally declared himself mortally offended and after four episodes was out for ever . |