Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year , FOX F M was there for the first time and Phil Angel managed to catch Dr John Howard to explain what it all meant . |
| 2 | There was no reply to the phone , but as we were going that way to spend the night at Sandspit , we called at the neighbours ’ and found that Pat was away for a few days . |
| 3 | Yet what alternative was there for a female orator ? |
| 4 | While both Steven and Matthew feel their parents ' divorce was ultimately for the good , it has left Steven , at least , with strong reservations about marriage . |
| 5 | ‘ Old Donald 's uncle Murdo was here for a while . |
| 6 | The ideological basis was there for the fundamental divides which the war , defeat , and revolution openly exposed , and which provided the Weimar Republic from its inception with an extremely weak base of legitimation , especially among the bourgeoisie and élites . |
| 7 | And what basis was there for the seventh-century maxim that ‘ the Celtic Church brings love while the Roman Church brings law ’ ? |
| 8 | Linford was there for the first time . |
| 9 | It was the same every Friday : Abie Klugman was home for the Sabbath , always the first to return . |
| 10 | The traditional tenancy , because of its informal character , was seen as an obstacle to improvement in these respects … what incentive was there for the tenant farmer to engage in agricultural improvement ? |
| 11 | The breakdown was only for an hour and a half the lorries turned up and the breakdown was happening . |
| 12 | Owen was all for the Agreement . |
| 13 | I went down the pitch and the ball was there for the shot . |
| 14 | I mean that 's that 's one of his stock in trades he 's a superb volleyer of the ball and it was there for a second with a chance was there for a second . |
| 15 | If this was the likeliest prospect for a major resettlement , what chance was there for the re-emigration of the Kindertransporte ? |
| 16 | Artemis 's father was away for a week 's sport in Leicestershire , and apparently it was expected of Artemis that she should be ready and able to go out and ride her new horse side-saddle alongside her father on his return . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 19 | In Northamptonshire , Lee 's ostensible role was primarily for the development of Tutorial Classes and for co-operation with voluntary organisations . |
| 20 | Reggie Grenfell was there for the recording . |
| 21 | So there was no reason for crew reliefs except in emergencies , especially as the working season was only for the summer months . |
| 22 | Although the twins were disappointed that Kerry-Jane was away for the day , on a visit to her grandmother , they happily helped with packing the picnic into the car . |
| 23 | That performance was enough for the bookmakers to make The Fellow favourite for this afternoon 's big one . |
| 24 | The whole world , the whole of society was there for the comedians to plunder . |
| 25 | And for thousands it represented a real land of opportunity where the sun shone and the good life was there for the taking . |
| 26 | Music was now for the young , not the middle aged : folk had taken over from jazz as the language of the radical and the sentimental . |
| 27 | You knew for a fact that anyone in that world was there for a genuine reason , either because he could n't get a job doing anything else — which was probably the best reason — or for the love of it . |
| 28 | Her whole body was sixteen again , and the wide-eyed world was there for the taking . |
| 29 | The vow was usually for a limited time , but Samson ( a somewhat unorthodox Nazirite ) had a lifelong vow ( Judges 13–16 ) . |
| 30 | Bill Tear was there for every day of the three week hearing . |