Example sentences of "[art] [noun] was [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do know that in s in the sort of southern southern Ryedale area , the support was definitely for a new settlement to meet the assessed needs of the Greater York area . |
| 2 | The building was not for the new owner , but for a manager , or a bailiff . |
| 3 | The unhappiness was not for the shop , but for a lady who was employed by Mr Bacon on a part-time basis , and the lady was my aunt Mary . |
| 4 | The court had heard that Rhys had now been accepted for a transplant operation at a Bristol hospital and the search was on for a suitable bone marrow donor . |
| 5 | The breakdown was only for an hour and a half the lorries turned up and the breakdown was happening . |
| 6 | The job was not for the squeamish . |
| 7 | I went down the pitch and the ball was there for the shot . |
| 8 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 11 | The former Northern Ireland champion won the first frame 71-45 but McCluskey took the second 57-37 and it seemed as though the Ulsterman was in for a tough fight . |
| 12 | It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean . |
| 13 | Matthew Evans was to split his role and that the hunt was on for a new m.d. , rumours that Mr Evans was ‘ bailing out ’ and the company was on the block were fanned by the trade 's more supportive friends at Private Eye and pounced on by publishers overexcited at the prospect of getting their hands on , if not the company , then at least some of its authors . |
| 14 | The vow was usually for a limited time , but Samson ( a somewhat unorthodox Nazirite ) had a lifelong vow ( Judges 13–16 ) . |
| 15 | The end was nigh for the old tradesman prop : bring in the bulky back-row forward . |
| 16 | The cost was exclusively for the benefit of the business and could not be carried forward in the accounts as an asset after the lease expired . |
| 17 | The possibility was there for a tremendous finish . |
| 18 | I mean that 's that 's one of his stock in trades he 's a superb volleyer of the ball and it was there for a second with a chance was there for a second . |