Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] [noun sg] for i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ran two personal bests , 10.33 seconds for the 100 metres and 20.79 seconds for the 200 , which was further encouragement for me and compensation for the traumas I had suffered on the West London track throughout the long , cold , seemingly never-ending winter . |
| 2 | Not that there was any need for me to speak . |
| 3 | It was heady stuff for me . |
| 4 | At this time , it was great triumph for me to find that Rachel could bear her beloved Jacob no children . |
| 5 | As it was such release for me , too — release from the rigours of placing my variously sick relatives in hospices the length and breadth of Cumbria . |
| 6 | Tom would n't wear rain gear because he could n't find a set to really fit his 6ft 3in frame , so it was hard work for me to keep him dry . |