Example sentences of "[adv] it [was/were] [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 You 'd g had to parade on the Sunday erm for weapon training , and one Sunday we earlier on , we had n't fired a rifle , so it was arranged for us to fire a rifle at a rifle range .
2 Originally it was planned for them to eliminate enemies of the Islamic Republic , but this mission was deemed more important .
3 She thought about them a lot , wondering how it was going for them on their first real day on active service ; the first day , she supposed , of the rest of their lives — of the duration , at least .
4 because he went on so much and then it was bought for him .
5 The little tern 's numbers have been threatened since Victorian times when it was hunted for its snow-white plumage .
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