Example sentences of "was [adj] for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was funny for awhile but the novelty soon wore off . |
| 2 | The mystery was that it was successful for more than thirty years . |
| 3 | It will have been noticed that it was common for more than one child in a family to enter the same trade , and our sample very strikingly demonstrates the importance of sisterhood . |
| 4 | The net change in height centile compared with diagnosis was comparable for surgically and non-surgically treated patients followed up to completion of their growth . |
| 5 | It was rare for more than one married couple to live together in the same house . |