Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason that these were given was most probably for quick identification , for at this time most men worked on the cement factories where father and son and uncles worked together , some with the same Christian names and a nickname was necessary for a man to know who was needed . |
| 2 | The season was effectively over for Glentoran ; they had won nothing , had no chance of qualifying for Europe and had succumbed to Carrick Rangers in the County Antrim Shield final . |
| 3 | Tim Smith could have blown this kick over , but it was downhill then for the rest of the first half . |
| 4 | She was rarely there for the full rehearsals . |
| 5 | It was merely in for repairs , said a spokesman . |
| 6 | But the time was long past for the final roll-call of his battalion of the People 's Militia , recruited to defend Berlin 's Wilhelmplatz district against the advance of the Red Army . |
| 7 | The era of Maria was long past for them . |
| 8 | He had thought it was all over for the Bookman and that the acid had not worked . |
| 9 | I was glad it was all over for him — and , it must be admitted , for me too . |
| 10 | When I saw Maria Luisa 's distress at the window I thought it was all over for him and … and when you opened the door looking so terrible yourself I thought you had told her you would n't give her custody of the baby . |
| 11 | It was all right for Annabel — she 's only six , and as long as she can feed sugar to the milkman 's horse every morning she 's happy . |
| 12 | Miss said it was all right for me to say my own prayer . |
| 13 | She wondered if it was all right for her to go on thinking about Baby . |
| 14 | It was all right for Dana , because he was just another foreigner , but for Jordi it was impossible . |
| 15 | It was all right for men , they could go over the side . |
| 16 | His wife Maggie kept on eye on him but said it was all right for a special occasion and that he could rejoin the pledge tomorrow . |
| 17 | She now poked her face towards him , for her words had not been a statement but a direct question , one with a touch of bitterness , and when he did n't answer she went on , ‘ It was all right for you . |
| 18 | I 'd also got an injunction against him because he became violent , and that was all right for a bit . |
| 19 | Said it was all right for tennis on Thursday . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I thought he was all right for a millionaire . |
| 21 | But I was trained in an era when we were told that continental drift was all right for the unscientific geologists , but the " real " scientists — the physicists — said it was impossible . |
| 22 | It was all right for Piers : he had played with her for the hell of it , while making no bones about telling her that she was little more than a convenient body . |
| 23 | It was all right for Alain ; he had simply got into his car and driven away . |
| 24 | ‘ It was all right for you . |
| 25 | It was all right for the likes of May and Izzy , always shouting and laughing and making her cry . |
| 26 | Maisie , from deep inside her black linen bag , was muttering about how it was all right for some people . |
| 27 | The Council was all right for when times were good — ’ He shrugged . |
| 28 | It was all right for her , she did n't have to clean up the sodding confetti . |
| 29 | I filed that away and asked if it was all right for the girls to stay until the doctors had done their rounds . |
| 30 | It was all right for the active partner , but how did the other fellow get his satisfaction . |