Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The moment I got behind the wheel , he went on a binge , and he was in no shape to drive , so I was his chauffeur for three days , three days without sleep . |
| 2 | ’ I was his prisoner for the night , ’ she snapped . |
| 3 | Well I was I was me leg for a bit too But I went up to Monklands and |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Now , getting back to the comment the woman made earlier about men being misogynist within their own world I 'm quite convinced that a good deal of those men would go home to their wives and family and be very loving to their , to their wives and family , be respectful of their neighbours but as soon as they got in the all male environment , and this woman was there to be used , she was their property for the time that they paid their money to get through the door , they could be as misogynist , offensive and horrid as they wanted to be ! |
| 6 | She was my friend for a long time because we got on really well together . |
| 7 | Apparently she 's always adored him , although she was his secretary for years . |
| 8 | In 1940 he fell for an actor who was his lover for two years before joining the navy in 1942 . |
| 9 | ‘ The police assumed that the money he gave her was his bonus for the Madrid Open and the Italian Championship . ’ |
| 10 | She said she 'd got him to agree that day and it was no use arguing because it was her price for keeping her promise to be silent about her work on the other paintings . ’ |
| 11 | Unfortunate that it was her turn for the floor . |
| 12 | It was her reward for being one of five athletes who completed a set of wins in the ‘ Golden Four ’ meetings in Oslo , Zurich , Berlin and Brussels . |
| 13 | If she did n't like it then it was her fault for rocking the boat . |
| 14 | It was her panacea for every ill . |
| 15 | Although Father and Helmut did business with one another , it was their work for refugees that brought them close and endeared Helmut to Mother and Father . |
| 16 | Because at the end of the day , if something does happen you 've got all this filling in to do and you might well turn around and say It was n't my fault , you could turn around and say it was their fault for coming by . |
| 17 | It was your idea for me to do the swimming , so I thought you could do the same for me . ’ |
| 18 | I thought at the beginning that you were working with him , that it was your revenge for Eddie 's death . |
| 19 | Well , it was your request for ladies ' cigarettes . |
| 20 | It did n't read like some pick-up place where everyone went off together for topless holidays ; nor did it make it seem as if it was your fault for not having a social life . |
| 21 | I thought it was my turn for a kip . |
| 22 | He went out with Naomi for a few minutes and then it was my turn for a little chat . |
| 23 | It was my turn for the telescope . |
| 24 | It was my home for many months , so much so that when at last I was discharged , I was loath to leave . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | It was my fault for being late . ’ |
| 27 | And it was his concern for Silvia that was at the root of his anger . |
| 28 | When he heard about Bonanza parking the Fraser girl on ice out in the country he must have figured it was his chance for the big killing . |
| 29 | It was his year for skinned fingers , and climbing . |
| 30 | In the end it was his weakness for women and his love of the good life , particularly if sponsored by others , that proved fatal . |