Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dad would say , Stay well away from them , he was always afraid they were after him for all the taxes he had n't paid . |
| 2 | When they had killed three sheep and roasted them in the middle of the street and ridden off with the rest of the flock , and the cattle and the horses and the hens , we buried the dead — we were at it for most of a day — and then we went off east into Arkaig . |
| 3 | So , I said this I said erm I said oh Jan says something all I 'm I 've known what Sandra can be like , you know erm you know well I was with her for three |
| 4 | I was with him for four hours and got nowhere ; I requested colleagues to have a crack at him all to no avail . |
| 5 | You went out and about for twelve weeks with your tutor constable , if you like , they call it puppy walking he was the highly trained policeman and I was the new policeman , I was with him for twelve weeks . |
| 6 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 7 | Well , Her Ladyship was rather special because she was with me for many years and supported me by producing calves for market . |
| 8 | He was a remarkable parliamentarian and , as a Minister , he was with me for many years . |
| 9 | The Italian , who was with me for two months , became really rather tiresome and disruptive , especially to the charming young German working hard for her exams . |
| 10 | It was not my instinct to go , but the group — including my wife who was with me for those two days — set the example and I grudgingly , guardedly accompanied them . |
| 11 | ‘ If you remember , Luke Scott was with us for six months as a favour to the station 's director-general , who was a friend of his , because our listenership figures were dropping and we were losing advertising . |
| 12 | ‘ One of our sons was with us for eight months before going away to the other end of the earth — I could n't even phone him . |
| 13 | Well , I was in her for thirteen months . |