Example sentences of "was [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet after the success in India , it appeared that the job was his for the foreseeable future — only for the news to break at the beginning of the 1977 season that , when in Australia for the Centenary Test , he had used his position to recruit players to Kerry Packer 's World Series Cricket . |
| 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 | Even if she never saw him again , even if he married Dana , she was his for the rest of her life . |
| 6 | It had to be admitted that there was plenty for the voters to be disgruntled about . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Richter 's story was unearthed by Mario Mariscotti who wrote a book in Spanish called The Secret of Huemmel Island in which he tells how Argentina , during the Peronist regime , had mistakenly thought that fusion was its for the asking . |
| 9 | There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians . |
| 10 | It appeared that Princess Anne was not one of her admirers , and though Princess Anne 's views were at this time usually rather criticised this was something for the press to get its teeth into . |
| 11 | Always worrying you if there was something for the least . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Implicitly , the programme was one for the reform of the existing empire rather than its overthrow . |
| 14 | The fighting season 1346–7 was one for the English to remember . |
| 15 | That was one for the book . |
| 16 | This was one for the book . |
| 17 | The adjustment factor was one for the under 65 group and three for the over 65 group . |
| 18 | They did not act since the case was one for the Russian authorities alone . |
| 19 | Well , that was one for the album : the ex-FAKINTIL sapper together with the malai Colonel 's wife , half-naked in her boudoir . |
| 20 | was there for the right moment and the right man . |
| 21 | The excitement of delving into the unknown was mine for the first time that day . |
| 22 | Was it for the cash ? |
| 23 | He told Nicola the programme was looking tired and the job was hers for the asking ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Miguelito the magnificent was hers for the taking , and she had sent him away , frills and all . |