Example sentences of "was [verb] to [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I well remember a little cardigan from a High Street store that was given to me for my ( then ) six-month-old baby . |
| 2 | The station was offered to us for the sum of £20,000 , but when we asked for a private valuation in the hope of securing a loan to purchase the site , the valuer valued the site at only £10,000 . |
| 3 | He applied for a grant of land and this was sold to him for a nominal sum . |
| 4 | He told her that she would not be able to let go of him , that his power was deep , deep in her bones and she was bound to him for ever . |
| 5 | Because of this , it went on , the city was bound to him for life and death and was now ready to spring to his assistance with a great display of strength . |
| 6 | Will the Minister respond urgently to the constructive plea that was put to him for help through which Northumberland could ease those budgetary restrictions this year and , of course , for an eventual change in that system ? |
| 7 | I wondered if she was talking to me for a minute . |
| 8 | Never again had he thought the love of woman could touch his heart , not after the pain of knowing Tatiana was lost to him for ever . |
| 9 | The office of Earl Marshal was to all intents and purposes the heritable property of the Howard family , although it was lost to them for several decades after the attainder of the fourth Duke of Norfolk in 1572 . |