Example sentences of "[vb past] [was/were] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incidentally , although Fei called his book Peasant Life in China , he made no pretence that the social system he described was typical for the whole country . |
| 2 | The odds were always against Oxford at Villa Park … trailing by a goal from the first leg United were desperate for a flying start … they were nearly grounded in the opening minutes by Dean Saunders … |
| 3 | Several thousand demostrators had taken to the streets , attacked " indecently dressed " women ( who they claimed were responsible for a drought ) , set fire to the head office of the Niger Women 's Association ( AFN ) , and also attacked the residences of the local prefect and sultan . |
| 4 | But in the aftermath of the war , Robertson and Alan Sked were responsible for a political blunder which put them in the news again . |
| 5 | The Squirrel I flew was appropriate for the task , being owned privately by a pilot who bought it new and had flown just 60 hours before it was introduced to me . |
| 6 | The colours she chose were black for the main colour and a dark multi-coloured yarn for the second colour . |
| 7 | I did what I thought was right for the most precious thing in the world to me . |
| 8 | But er he never asked me , put it that way , what I thought was suitable machinery and he , as far as I know he never asked other rock men what they thought was suitable for the rock and other slate makers what they thought was suitable for inside the mill , or the diamond saw operators , what sort of saws they thought were the best . |
| 9 | Yet no-one could ever have doubted either his sincerity or integrity in fighting for what he always felt was right for the game . |
| 10 | The landing itself was fitted with two large , double-glazed skylights in the sloping ceiling , which I now realized were responsible for the light and feeling of airiness throughout the upper floors . |
| 11 | Gloucester versus Bath is the crunch game that everyone hoped was safe for the final at Twickenham . |