Example sentences of "was [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing for white people in Dhang : just a cluster of shops and shacks ; stalls at the side of the road leading from the station ; a bicycle repair shop ; little wooden shops on stilts which sold biscuits , cigarettes and sweets . |
| 2 | Two good pieces of gear had encouraged me to make the move , but once started there was nothing for 15 feet . |
| 3 | What did you tell her it was me for that 's a putter-off for a start . |
| 4 | But the longer-term victory was one for central government and its determined custodians . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Even more , what was there for some of its women except that or selling themselves ? |
| 7 | Dr Losberne went up to examine Oliver , and was there for some time . |
| 8 | Travelling through England it is at once apparent that a great deal of the settlement in the landscape is today not in the form of villages , nor was it for much of the past . |
| 9 | And that was it for another year . |
| 10 | Was it for this that earth grew tall ? |
| 11 | But was it for this that the trumpets blew so confidently when the TECs appeared , less than two years ago ? |
| 12 | I was pleased with W F Owtram 's opening two lines : ‘ Was it for this I quitted Rhondda , /In my dreams at large to wander … |
| 13 | It lacks the ‘ glad preamble ’ of the later texts , and by beginning at ‘ Was it for this … ’ ( 1805 Book i , line 271 ) appears to trace the growth of the mind from earliest consciousness . |
| 14 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 15 | Was it for this ? |
| 16 | And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? |
| 17 | Was it for this common servitor to censure his habits ? |
| 18 | ‘ Was it for this the clay grew tall , |
| 19 | And so the line could read , ‘ Was it for this the bodies of men grew tall ? ’ |
| 20 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 21 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 22 | As members of the RSPB the reserve was ours for free ; non-members were purchasing permits from ‘ reception ’ to gain admittance . |