Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the door pit is about eighteen inches of steel and that was for them to puncture the thing , to puncture their whisky , little barrels you see . |
| 2 | The same day , Mobutu warned the conference against this course , asserting in a statement read on national radio that under the present Constitution it was for him to appoint the head of government . |
| 3 | But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way . |
| 4 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 5 | No one would know how hard it was for her to act the bride she would never be . |
| 6 | But it was worth it to keep the wolves from the door . |
| 7 | Kind it was of you to bring the lass solid meat in this cold weather . |