Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [was/were] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 2 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 3 | I suppose underneath it was a cry for help . |
| 4 | How they were a strength for each other after our affairs ended . ’ |
| 5 | First it was a little bit of yellow fish for her landlady 's cat — the poor thing was half starved — then it was a bulb for her bedside lamp , and lastly she remembered that a friend of hers had just opened in a play in Manchester and there just might be a review in the evening paper . |
| 6 | Maybe he was a tool for any strong hand , including that of Eadric Streona , who became ealdorman of Mercia in 1007 after what S.D. Keynes has described as a palace revolution . |
| 7 | She was involved with local government from 1970–74 when she was a councillor for Stockton rural district . |
| 8 | Instead it was a day for typical Yorkshire grit to show itself at its best . |
| 9 | I merely asked why it was a matter for us in the Cabinet Office . |
| 10 | If nothing else it was a cue for a visit to the Tates . |
| 11 | Subsequently he was a JP for Oxfordshire and active in enforcing the poor law . |