Example sentences of "was [adv] for sale " in BNC.

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1 Bolton had made it clear that Jack was not for sale , but Chapman , who in twenty years of football management rarely failed to get his man , was determined .
2 While the shareholders in Manchester 's Armitage Centre , home of the Giants basketball team , were voicing their suspicions , Wednesday manager Trevor Francis was voicing his anger at United 's persistence after being told categorically last week that Hirst was not for sale .
3 I would not make an offer if I was told a player was not for sale .
4 Retired businessman had been trying to but the 1936 Armstrong Siddeley for years , but was told the car was not for sale .
5 but bbc 's ceefax service last night had a new article saying that grizzly gazza was not for sale and that lazio had contacted several clubs but just at a very premature state .
6 But the problem was that standing , anchored there , it seemed that she was up for sale .
7 A police spokesman said the house , in Old Road , was up for sale and was unoccupied , although it did contain some furniture .
8 That site was up for sale but there was no takers .
9 And of course it was up for sale so I do n't know who said , Are you going to try ?
10 But although the school was up for sale it 's now been taken off the market and the council does n't believe the scheme is in the best interests of pupils .
11 Mr Capper denied newspaper reports that the house was up for sale .
12 That was up for sale .
13 Carno Station , a Victorian granite relic of an earlier railway age , had been closed to passengers on 4 June 1965 , a little more than 100 years after it opened , and was now for sale .
14 What no one could have bought , what was n't for sale at any price , was Alison 's way with the place .
15 Manningham had said he was n't for sale , but he might consider double the figure offered .
16 She wanted to say that her conscience was n't for sale ; but she lacked the nerve .
17 I could n't see why the man kept it in the shop if it was n't for sale .
18 Fraser said : ‘ I told Tommy that Ferguson was n't for sale .
19 But they had to be humoured before they could be diverted from the unobtainable to the treasure that was actually for sale .
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