Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’ |
| 2 | She was my friend for a long time because we got on really well together . |
| 3 | I thought it was my turn for a kip . |
| 4 | He went out with Naomi for a few minutes and then it was my turn for a little chat . |
| 5 | It was my turn for the telescope . |
| 6 | His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets . |
| 7 | But his parents ' place in Hemlock Road was their base for a long time . |
| 8 | To some extent the very brilliance of the court life led by the sovereigns and its impact on public opinion was their undoing for the fête impériale is indelibly associated with them . |
| 9 | Livings was their architect for the iron foundry at Stockton , which John now had ideas of enlarging . |
| 10 | Now , getting back to the comment the woman made earlier about men being misogynist within their own world I 'm quite convinced that a good deal of those men would go home to their wives and family and be very loving to their , to their wives and family , be respectful of their neighbours but as soon as they got in the all male environment , and this woman was there to be used , she was their property for the time that they paid their money to get through the door , they could be as misogynist , offensive and horrid as they wanted to be ! |
| 11 | Unfortunate that it was her turn for the floor . |
| 12 | She found it painful to anticipate the poor man 's misery , and was dismayed co recognize how ferocious was her dislike for the woman . |
| 13 | It was her panacea for every ill . |
| 14 | A further factor aiding China 's rehabilitation was its support for the UN peace plan for Cambodia . |
| 15 | The membership of this minority was never defined , nor was its need for a fundamentally different kind of teaching explained or justified . |
| 16 | When he heard about Bonanza parking the Fraser girl on ice out in the country he must have figured it was his chance for the big killing . |
| 17 | Rogers 's principal political achievement was his work for the National Committee of Organized Labour , a body established in 1899 to work for universal old-age pensions . |
| 18 | But his major contribution to the corporate life of the city was his work for the relief of the poor . |
| 19 | ’ I was his prisoner for the night , ’ she snapped . |
| 20 | Undoubtedly one of the most important milestones in the Nicol career was his selection for the Scottish tour to North American in May 1991 , during which he played in three of the six games and scored a try in each one : ‘ That really was the start of things . |
| 21 | This time it was his turn for a dull flush to warm the tan on his cheeks . |
| 22 | Another familiar failing was his distaste for the give-and-take of bargaining . |
| 23 | That was his reward for a brevet lieutenant-colonelcy in a cavalry regiment and it was more money than Sharpe had ever earned in his life . |
| 24 | I remember their leader turning to go and wondering whether that was his signal for an all-out attack . |
| 25 | ‘ The police assumed that the money he gave her was his bonus for the Madrid Open and the Italian Championship . ’ |
| 26 | It was rare for him to feel gratitude to any person , but the nearest was his feeling for the Colonel . |
| 27 | That was his decree for the man he loved best in the world . |
| 28 | A further indication of the skill and care with which the arrangements were made was our accommodation for the night . |
| 29 | Well I was I was me leg for a bit too But I went up to Monklands and |
| 30 | There was n't even a mantle , it as a wall bracket that came out of the wall with a little tiny gas jet that fanned out sot of thing and that was your illumination for the the bedroom . |