Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind freshened from astern off Rudha Reidh and we just managed to beat a south westerly gale into Loch Ewe where we were weatherbound for the next two days . |
| 2 | But however that 's the way things went and er we were distributors for the Morris for Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
| 3 | I remember during some very intensive rehearsals we were doing for the Ring we came to a passage where the figuration of the accompaniment always comes out too strongly . |
| 4 | They were canvassers for the Bah á'; í Faith . |
| 5 | When the right job did turn up , it was relief for the frustrated star , but it also signalled the end of his marriage . |
| 6 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 7 | No , it was clothes for the living as far as I was concerned . |
| 8 | Nevertheless the Spanish translation of Rousseau 's Social Contract could appeal to a ‘ son of Padilla ’ ; it was enthusiasm for the parliamentary institutions of medieval Spain which allowed the Cortes of Cadiz to present a constitution , founded on the constitutions of Revolutionary France , as the culmination of the ‘ true ’ constitutional development of Spain . |
| 9 | And then it was thanks for the drinks and time to get back as another gang of wallies was booked in for one o'clock . |
| 10 | But Japhet ( she knew it was Japhet for the name was printed in little letters on his tee-shirt ) was nobody but Finn himself , perfect down to the squint , in blue jeans . |
| 11 | Coffee was next , and then it was time for the bill . |
| 12 | It was time for the Other Woman to go back to America . |
| 13 | With the housecoat made up and endless hurdles overcome , it was time for the real test — replacing the clothes stand with a model . |
| 14 | ‘ We were very happy together until it was time for the operation . ’ |
| 15 | We avoided each other all evening until it was time for the Open University programmes . |
| 16 | It was time for the rumbles . |
| 17 | Then it was time for the Club cabaret . |
| 18 | The Gospel being read , it was time for the sermon . |
| 19 | Three days later it was time for the state visit of President Mobutu of Zaire . |
| 20 | It was time for the party , early August . |
| 21 | It was time for the regulators to get heavy . |
| 22 | When it was time for the foal to be separated from its mother , the friends took the foal but no longer visited Shamrock . |
| 23 | After the great divide had been effected , it was time for the mystics to find a new way to cross the abyss and rediscover the old unity — not , this time , in the outside world but in the depths of the self . |
| 24 | It was time for the deadly follow-up — the Offensive Offensive in which John Major would savage his opponents , even if they were sitting on the benches behind him . |
| 25 | Then she went out and joined the others in the playground until it was time for the lesson to begin . |
| 26 | Now the two rival versions had been completed , it was time for the multiple power centres of News on Sunday to deliver their verdicts . |
| 27 | But when it was time for the children to take their mother to the station , she drew a deep breath and said , ‘ I do my best for them , Mrs Willow . |
| 28 | Now the churching was over and it was time for the baptism to begin . |
| 29 | And then , bang , crash , oh dear , it was time for the regional franchises to be renewed . |
| 30 | Then it was time for the children to tell Mother what they had done . |