Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [noun sg] for they [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the old Thames trades had still persisted , if boatmen had still made a living from taking the coins from the pockets of the drowned , then this was the hour for them to watch . |
| 2 | if the Robemaker had left any Sentry Spells , then surely this was the moment for them to come rearing out to challenge the intruders . |
| 3 | Nor did their broadcasts attribute any part of the story to me — there was no reason for them to do that because I 'd told them nothing they did n't already know . |
| 4 | Yeah but they basically just do n't want to lose out either way , I mean there was no reason for them to join originally but when events happen and they see the tide turning almost , you know get with the bandwagon , I mean they , they do n't want now to be seen as the minority and the ones under threat , so you go with the er majority , with the , the stronger force |
| 5 | If the Masai had an educational system of their own which was functioning well according to their own criteria , there was no reason for them to view with favour the introduction into it , by people whose hegemony they accepted but did not welcome , of alien elements . |
| 6 | The KGB and GRU were so powerful that there was no need for them to behave in such an opaque manner . |
| 7 | Their critics said there was no need for them to break the law ; they made it . |
| 8 | There was no need for them to know that engineer John le Grant was its author . |