Example sentences of "[pron] was the [noun] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was agreed that we should be married as soon as Leslie had completed his parachute training , which was the reason for his being sent home . |
| 2 | It 's the old woman who was the nurse for his mother . |
| 3 | If — hairbrush microphones in hand — they were not pretending to be Abba , it was Welsh star Bonnie Tyler who was the inspiration for their unenthusiastic warblings . |
| 4 | He was still the great lover , and the woman beside him was the reason for his constant philandering . |
| 5 | It was the base for his ‘ Highgrove set ’ , the gang of pals which included Camilla Parker Bowles whose friendship with Charles over the years made Diana so jealous . |
| 6 | It was the price for my more materialist attitude , my seeking to occupy the middle ground , between absorption in life and soaring above the cares of the earth . |
| 7 | Then it was the turn for my own hand to explore the anonymous member beyond the missing brick . |
| 8 | It was the excuse for her deep delaying gaze into the looking-glass . |
| 9 | The idea of being nice to someone because they were going to leave you their money was not pleasant ; Tom often told himself this , but it was the reason for his going to see his grandmother . |
| 10 | It was the signal for your murder . |
| 11 | As his mother-in-law had come to know him better , she seemed to have accepted that he was the man for her daughter and even to have become quite fond of him , but he appreciated this new freedom . |
| 12 | Let me tell the right hon. Gentleman what was the test for our new health service reforms set by his hon. Friend the Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) . |