Example sentences of "[was/were] [indef pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had to be admitted that there was plenty for the voters to be disgruntled about . |
| 2 | There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians . |
| 3 | It appeared that Princess Anne was not one of her admirers , and though Princess Anne 's views were at this time usually rather criticised this was something for the press to get its teeth into . |
| 4 | Always worrying you if there was something for the least . |
| 5 | and there was a lot of waste , but these new tables did bring that , it was something for the company it was more than anything , you know cos we were on the bonus system . |
| 6 | More people owned motor cars than previously : by 1956 there was one car for every three people in the United States ; in France and Britain the figure was one for every thirteen people . |
| 7 | On the second day we went out climbing again but the assessors — there was one for every two candidates — constantly posed us with problems to find out how we would deal with rescues and emergencies . |
| 8 | There was one for every play of the cycle — one for The Garden of Eden , one for The murder of Abel , one for The Sacrifice of Isaac , one for The destruction of the World … |
| 9 | Implicitly , the programme was one for the reform of the existing empire rather than its overthrow . |
| 10 | The fighting season 1346–7 was one for the English to remember . |
| 11 | That was one for the book . |
| 12 | This was one for the book . |
| 13 | The adjustment factor was one for the under 65 group and three for the over 65 group . |
| 14 | They did not act since the case was one for the Russian authorities alone . |
| 15 | Well , that was one for the album : the ex-FAKINTIL sapper together with the malai Colonel 's wife , half-naked in her boudoir . |
| 16 | As Mr Smith admitted : ‘ It was anything for a quiet life , ’ and Jennie had her way . |