Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] was [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early days of the war it was the practice for all staff to take shelter on the ‘ alert ’ , but loss of production time demanded a better system , and late in 1940 , a ‘ spotter ’ was detailed to observe enemy aircraft and to warn when danger was imminent . |
| 2 | In Elizabethan days , rosemary shoots were tied with coloured ribbon , tipped with gold and given to guests at weddings to symbolize love and faithfulness , and on New Year 's Day it was a gift for guests , together with an orange stuck with cloves . |
| 3 | Well every bonfire night it was the time for most people to get rid of the fleas and the mattresses and er and bonfire night we used to come just right . |
| 4 | This week it was the venue for a gathering of bankers , managers , and academics , exploring the future of transport . |
| 5 | When he announced he would retire from the game at the end of Biarritz 's run in the Championship it was the signal for scores of journalists to gather at each match to report on his ‘ funeral ’ … but we kept postponing it ’ . |
| 6 | Down the road at the Gloucester leisure centre it was a weekend for table tennis fans … over 300 players were competing in the Cotswold Junior championships … the boys title went to Surrey … the girls to Yorkshire but local boy Ray Powell raised the roof by fighting his way through to the semi-finals |
| 7 | When Philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo exploded blowing out 20 million tonnes of hot ash into the air it was the signal for a cold , wet , miserable August for Northern Europe a year later , they say . |
| 8 | In this case it was a matter for local authorities . |
| 9 | In reality it was a chance for Charles and Diana to get to know their prospective stepmother . |
| 10 | When ambitious Little joined Leicester City it was a blow for the club and chairman . |
| 11 | Either way it was the inspiration for the academic success that took him faster and further from the streets of his childhood than even his mother 's success in business had . |
| 12 | In the country it was the custom for the estate workers or tenants to act as both coffin- and pall-bearers , this was a necessity as the local builder often doubled up as undertaker and would not have had so many men at his command as the full-time town undertaker . |
| 13 | Last time she was the agent for the then-MP , Mr Ian Wrigglesworth , and she was more than willing to step into his shoes . |
| 14 | I blamed her and the fact she was a Jew for how she had used us all . |
| 15 | Much of his prose and verse , light-hearted in nature but containing some good pieces on rowing , appeared in Punch , of whose Table he was a member for thirty years from 1890 . |
| 16 | In wet weather it was a site for spectacular puddles , a mucky moat from which the picture house rose like a medieval castle . |