Example sentences of "that [was/were] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | And in that time I really only ever had one proper job and that was for two weeks . |
2 | No that was for two of us . |
3 | That was for Cailean-A Rithist of Achnacloich , from Mrs Jane Nelson , Achnacloich , Connel , Argyll , and sold to Stewart Brown , Ringour , Castle Douglas . |
4 | and that was for that , then I had a letter back to say that we were having , there was too much money coming in a week for me to draw unemployment and then they , then a few days later I had this double page letter a big one that says you are entitled to no prescription help , X amount of pounds after erm eighty pounds per glasses you are responsible for the first eighty pound , we say that you can afford to pay that , so much on your teeth , if you 're visiting somebody in prison then you exceed a certain amount of mileage you can only get it if you exceed more than twenty five pound incurring , then I thought oh blow it , forget it , and I never done it , that all come to then , that 's why I wanted a ten of your wage , wage slips you remember now ? |
5 | But that was for bored husbands , and businessmen dating their secretaries . |
6 | Something peculiar was going on , that was for sure . |
7 | It was a comfortable place to spend your weekday evenings , that was for sure . |
8 | Morton was a cut above the average nob , that was for sure . |
9 | It was the last time she was going to take diet pills before a race , that was for sure . |
10 | Well , she was going to need a lot of help , that was for sure , and if someone took the trouble to put an advert in the tube , the least you could do was memorise the number . |
11 | He was n't going to go peacefully , that was for sure . |
12 | He could be a snooty bastard , old Shadwell , that was for sure . |
13 | It was not likely that he could be enticed in that time , that was for sure . |
14 | She 'd never sign up for marriage and mortgage , that was for sure . |
15 | It was unusual , that was for sure . |
16 | Evaporated the minute they had parted company with her and André , that was for sure . |
17 | He was n't married , that was for sure . |
18 | There was no point in remaining here , that was for sure . |
19 | I had n't asked for Rosa , that was for sure . |
20 | He was intending to go up West himself that evening , but hardly expected to meet McAllister when he did so , seeing that , for once , he was going out with his disreputable brother Stair , and God knew where they would end up — nowhere respectable , that was for sure . |
21 | He was well dressed in imitation of those whom he served , was clever and determined to make his way in life : he would not be Jared Tunstall 's chauffeur forever , that was for sure . |
22 | She had seen salvation for him in McAllister , that was for sure , and if Neil was more doubtful , about that and about her , with Havvie 's hateful words still ringing in his head , and his memory of her tortured face growing the more painful whenever he recalled it , the passing of time only accentuated the agony of his loss . |
23 | With a face like that he would naturally be constantly above himself , and he was n't English , that was for sure . |
24 | They did not possess such things here , that was for sure . |
25 | Not stay here , in the house with him , that was for sure . |
26 | But Steve had gone off with Maria Luisa for a few days and he was n't thinking about work , that was for sure , and she had n't her freedom anyway ! |
27 | And she could forget about making a visit to Karlovy Vary , that was for sure . |
28 | She would n't have upset him by taking his dog for a walk , that was for sure . |
29 | Erm that was for twelve years . |
30 | Yeah , but I thought Take That was for twelve year olds . |