Example sentences of "were [adj] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | diabolically malevolent dwarf , the chief villain of the Old Curiosity Shop ‘ … his head and face were large enough for the body of a giant . |
| 2 | The UDA made some half-hearted attempts to block the roads but they were unpopular enough for the RUC to have little trouble in shifting them . |
| 3 | The perfectly kept living-rooms of Tollemarche homes were for visitors ; the basements , despite their fire hazards , were good enough for the children ; there they often slept and there , if the temperature went much below zero , they also played . |
| 4 | That morning I met my father on the middle landing of the stairs , and we were alone together for the first time in the holidays . |
| 5 | They were safe enough for the present . |
| 6 | the next leg to La Rochelle saw us arrive five minutes after the pumps shut , so we were stuck there for the night . |
| 7 | Cheap fares were available only for the westward journey , so that the disincentive to return to the East was considerable . |
| 8 | Organization and expertise were available there for the financing of increasingly complicated business . |
| 9 | It would have been different if the other girls had been in the flat , but they were both away for the weekend . |