Example sentences of "it [was/were] [indef pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willy voiced the philosophy he had learned by experience — it was everyone for himself ; if you did n't take what you wanted , no one was likely to give it to you . |
| 2 | Angels posed obligingly in front of my easel and it was nothing for Christ to stand on the river in front of this Mill . |
| 3 | It was nothing for him to take the ball off them and stick the knife in it to burst it . ’ |
| 4 | it was nothing for you to have the er sole of your sh shoe flapping off and having to wear 'em till the p there was a little man that used to mend the shoes in Hirael there and you 'd go to him and he 'd put a couple of nails , never charge you for it you know . |
| 5 | None of these friends knew much about funerals , but if it was something for Conor then , yes , they 'd like to come along . |
| 6 | and there was a lot of waste , but these new tables did bring that , it was something for the company it was more than anything , you know cos we were on the bonus system . |
| 7 | and , what happened was it was a hell of a stink in dock , because there was all different workers for different jobs , it was one for fitting car seats , you had one for fitting glass , you had one for doing engine , one for fitting the gear box , one fitting wheels on , so you had ten blokes just doing one job on a car |
| 8 | It was everything for which he could have asked . |
| 9 | As Mr Smith admitted : ‘ It was anything for a quiet life , ’ and Jennie had her way . |