Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun] [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | well , here , I think it fitted in , I think it was this way , it 's a little bit difficult to see from the decision itself , erm this do , when these were notified there were provisions in it for example in relation to admission and expulsion , which the commission objected to and erm , I think one can summarize that this must of happen , the commission said to the marketing question if you do n't remove this restriction or if you do n't erm eradicate what we see as the arbitrary element of |
| 2 | But there were men in it for quite a while , I was wondering when that kind of faded out . |
| 3 | And I was chairman of it for about six years or so before the council broke up . |
| 4 | There was room beyond them for a rabble of servants and slaves and others who scratched a living here on the roof of the world , and they were all watching the figures clustered in the centre of the gassy arena . |
| 5 | Private court patronage was not just a reserve of employment for members of a political interest , however , for there was danger in it for the patron . |
| 6 | I was friends with him for a week and he was very eloquent . |
| 7 | Perversely , she was cross with him for having survived when she had spent the weekend fretting . |