Example sentences of "i [was/were] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | she was for the top of the hockey team and I were for the football |
| 2 | How thankful I was for the strength these two shared with me ! |
| 3 | I can not resist the admission that I was profoundly flattered when a telephone call from Harold Wilson at Downing Street invited me to mediate on the basis that , so far as they could see , I was for the moment the only tolerable candidate . |
| 4 | Which is why I 'm ringing , ’ Rosemary revealed , and confessed , ‘ I have n't let myself face how lonely I was for the sound of his voice . |
| 5 | ‘ I think he was better casting than I was for the part . |