Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
| 2 | People were interested in it for about five minutes . |
| 3 | We can guess that both the lords and the village community found a uniform system , in which all the tenants had land of their own , and all worked to till the lord 's domain , had its advantages ; in particular , that the lords preferred the service of serfs , whose lives they did not have to organize in detail , to that of slaves , who were dependent on them for food and clothing and a roof over their heads . |
| 4 | It would be a mistake to assume that all participants in the revolt were involved in it for the same reasons . |
| 5 | Even to him it was now barely imaginable , and other eagles he mentioned it to seemed to take it as a lie and untruth , and were angry at him for trying to delude them . |
| 6 | At the hostel they were furious with us for bringing the police , they just wanted us out , literally , and we were out ! |
| 7 | On another occasion he had been struck once by another man at work and we were furious at him for not returning the blow . |
| 8 | A number of other ways were open to him for recovering what was owed him . |
| 9 | They were amused by him for a while but he did n't keep his place . |
| 10 | Hers was a friendly and comfortable presence and he was grateful to her for it . |
| 11 | He was grateful to her for her power of forgiveness , she suspected , for the absolution she continued to extend . |
| 12 | Whoever the man had been , with his blue eyes and thinning hair , Dorothea was grateful to him for his presence . |
| 13 | The constable will wheel me , ’ he rapped out ; and Breeze was grateful to him for suggesting this arrangement . |
| 14 | Mr Dixon heaved a sigh of relief at having gained at least one point , and decided that the question of leaving school could be left to the parents and the Principal– Hank was grateful to him for his promise not to discuss either matter with anybody . |
| 15 | She was grateful to him for his solicitude and the tale came slowly out . |
| 16 | In the last few months he had consciously ingratiated himself with Joe , flattered him , let Joe think that he was grateful to him for giving him the breaker 's job . |
| 17 | It was a heartening conversation and I was grateful to him for contacting me . |
| 18 | I was grateful to him for his tribute to the members of the two boundary committees , they did do an excellent job , they did it as he implied , slightly less un generously to the government er in a considerably shorter time than they and we would have liked but they did it very well and they did it very fairly . |
| 19 | I think she was grateful to him for bothering to show any interest in a woman with an illegitimate child on her hands . |
| 20 | She had wanted some way of freeing herself from Gareth Davis and his demands and now , with no effort on her part , she was free of him for ever . |
| 21 | When his initial interest waned , the teacher paid no more attention to him : ‘ Then I realized what he was interested in me for and we ended up just walking past each other , completely ignoring each other . ’ |
| 22 | In the end , he adopted the role of ‘ cockney writer ’ , a role which was genuine , and which showed the boys that Corrigan was interested in them for themselves . |
| 23 | She informed me that a double room at the front was available , though I was welcome to it for the price of a single . |
| 24 | It was good of them for them all to come out and do all them drills . |
| 25 | And now he was stuck with her for two months . |
| 26 | He knew she was angry with him for allowing their daughter to join the hunt , traditionally something only a select few men were allowed the honour of , but she would see his way soon enough . |
| 27 | However , now he knew she was angry with him for leaving her for so long . |
| 28 | She was angry with him for questioning her , for recognising her doubts . |
| 29 | And so perhaps he was angry with her for influencing her father against him . |
| 30 | I was angry with her for not saying anything , not doing anything . |