Example sentences of "[was/were] his [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was his year for skinned fingers , and climbing . |
| 2 | Charlie Francis said at the Canadian Enquiry that all the world 's top athletes were on drugs — that was his excuse for encouraging Ben to go on steroids . |
| 3 | ‘ The moment I got behind the wheel , he went on a binge , and he was in no shape to drive , so I was his chauffeur for three days , three days without sleep . |
| 4 | A playful but quite vigorous slap on the ear was his reward for that . |
| 5 | In 1940 he fell for an actor who was his lover for two years before joining the navy in 1942 . |