Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others were with us for the first time — students from the Darlington area . |
| 2 | The familiar house , the carpeted hall , were before him for the last time . |
| 3 | They were in 'er for a dinner Which was excellent , in Pinner , And another one , a cracker , In Majacca — that 's in Spain |
| 4 | So It was worth it for the w for the when the war came . |
| 5 | When she finally reached the top she agreed with a young couple from Leeds that it was worth it for the view , which was stupendous in spite of a slight heat haze that hung in the air . |
| 6 | My brother was with her for a long while . |
| 7 | She was picturing her daughter , her beloved Angel , and as the pony stepped daintily over the cobbles she was counting the minutes until she was with her for the first time in nearly six months . |
| 8 | Having had a gruesome storm-tossed journey , his first act on landing was to fulfil his vow to travel barefoot to the nearest shrine in thanksgiving for his delivery ; the rheumatism which resulted was with him for the rest of his life — as was the sourness with which he regarded Scotland . |
| 9 | One day during the early summer , Guy Gibson of Dam Busters fame flew in to Bourn and was with us for a few hours . |
| 10 | Cos an oil engine was in it for a while and then they put a new diesel engine in I think it would be nineteen thirty nine or something . |
| 11 | In fact he and then Craigie from Rowsay was in it for a while . |
| 12 | The example of Dad Uzzell was before him for the rest of his life . |
| 13 | ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time . |