Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanatoria , popular by the end of the century , were only for the better-off , apart from some charitable foundations , and in any case had little effect . |
| 2 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 3 | Er what sort of relationship did you have with with the men , did you er particularly thinking that you you were still for a long time after that , the the branch secretary of the union as well you know . |
| 4 | There was evidently no absolute labour shortage , if only because the reserve armies of the rural population ( at home and abroad ) were now for the first time advancing en masse upon the industrial labour markets . |
| 5 | ‘ They were there for a good couple of hours and when I left at around 2.00pm they were still interviewing players in the spare dressing rooms . ’ |
| 6 | In 1985 in Washington DC I was responsible for the security co-ordination of eleven prime ministers and twenty other Conservative party leaders from around the world who were there for the International Democrat Union Party Leaders ' meeting . |
| 7 | We went there morning and evening every day , and on Sundays we were there for the lengthy session of Sung Eucharist . |
| 8 | Paul Simpson 's goal was enough for a one-one draw . |
| 9 | Quail Eggs Arnold Bennett — perhaps the name should put one off , and what arrived was enough for a full meal , with much haddock , but the sauce was rather thick , reminding one of our party of a school-sanatorium dinner . |
| 10 | And everyone in Maple Drive , as they cooked , consoled , took out their best suits and thought of even nicer things to say about Donald than the last nice thing that had been said about him , were privately so astonished , so relieved , so savagely glad to be alive that if someone had proposed to bury him upside down in a bucket of horse manure they would probably have agreed it was all for the best . |
| 11 | In only one respect were my original living arrangements altered , and it was all for the best . |
| 12 | Hari 's face was pale and Emily told herself sternly that it was all for the best , together she and Hari would prosper . |
| 13 | ‘ He realized I 'd be knocked out and did his utmost to persuade me it was all for the best . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps it was all for the best you lost the baby , Helen , ’ her mother said when Helen went to visit her . |
| 15 | ‘ That was the only time we kept something from her and even then it was only for a short time , ’ says Mike . |
| 16 | But … but , as Mama said , as long as we kept it clean and it was only for a short time … |
| 17 | I had n't had any kind of pain relief — well , there was n't time ! — but the pain , although very intense , was only for a short time , so it was easy for me to bear . |
| 18 | It was only for the last three years of his life , from 1630 to 1633 , that he served as a country parson , as Vicar of Bemerton in Wiltshire and Canon of Salisbury . |
| 19 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 20 | There was no reply to the phone , but as we were going that way to spend the night at Sandspit , we called at the neighbours ’ and found that Pat was away for a few days . |
| 21 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |
| 22 | The vow was usually for a limited time , but Samson ( a somewhat unorthodox Nazirite ) had a lifelong vow ( Judges 13–16 ) . |
| 23 | The end was nigh for the old tradesman prop : bring in the bulky back-row forward . |
| 24 | Startled , he drew back , and was still for a few seconds , watching her as she battled with her thoughts , then with a barely audible sigh he said , ‘ What is it , Rachel ? |
| 25 | Although SHe suffered a disquieting disappointment when Jahsaxa told hir Malamute would not be coming back ( not even a goodbye ! ) , it was probably for the best . |
| 26 | He has been Professor of Architecture at the University of Belgrade , and was also for a brief period in the early 1980s the Mayor of the city . |
| 27 | He was also for the first time vaguely troubled about the DIA 's priorities in the Middle East , particularly with respect to the Western hostages in Beirut . |
| 28 | Furthermore , Finch ( 1989 ) suggests that much co-residence between relatives was driven by economic imperatives and was often for a temporary period only . |
| 29 | Music was now for the young , not the middle aged : folk had taken over from jazz as the language of the radical and the sentimental . |
| 30 | I remember when my school opened , or just before it did , erm I got the staff together for a conference for a day , and got another East Sussex Head , James Quinn , who came along and talked to them , and one of the things he said was now for the next week or two , whatever John Werner says goes . |