Example sentences of "was [pers pn] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if she never saw him again , even if he married Dana , she was his for the rest of her life . |
| 2 | On the days he was going to see her , he woke up feeling that anything was possible , that the world was his for the asking . |
| 3 | By then , at the end of the century , the Secretary 's power was his for the taking . |
| 4 | But the more she thought about his arrogant assumptions , his conceited certainty that she was his for the taking , the more she bristled with indignation … |
| 5 | In time , the ever-increasing number of visitors had opened up an entirely new source of income for the Heymouthians , and instead of having to depend on fishing as their primary source of income , they found the tourist trade was theirs for the developing . |
| 6 | Was it for the cash ? |
| 7 | He told Nicola the programme was looking tired and the job was hers for the asking ’ |
| 8 | And Douglas had promised that Shiona 's lifelong ambition — to study fashion design in London — was hers for the taking if she could make the grade . |
| 9 | Miguelito the magnificent was hers for the taking , and she had sent him away , frills and all . |