Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [prep] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since marriage was entered into for reasons of social , political and financial convenience it was hardly possible to celebrate love except outside it . |
| 2 | When this was in turn cleared in the early 1980s the site was disposed of for private construction . |
| 3 | But more frequently it arose that , in the absence of a policewoman , the female field-worker was relied upon for comfort by female members of the public , engaging her in eye contact to find what they expected would be a special ‘ feminine ’ understanding and reassurance . |
| 4 | But if , if libido was aroused by for example seduction in childhood it could go nowhere , it was repressed in the unconscious , where it transformed itself by some kind of psychological chemistry into anxiety . |
| 5 | This was something which has come out that an officer was told by for better , for truth or for untruth a year or so later . |
| 6 | The thing that worried many people about task allocation was that each client was descended upon for a succession of tasks by a succession of nurses . |