Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] for [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was unsettling for Dexter to walk the same corridor of frosted glass and fire extinguishers at TV London again . |
| 2 | Well , the procedure that followed in this case was that the er captain obviously made clear from er H M S erm Battleaxe that was originally involved , that the embargo would be enforced , er and obviously his message got across , and then it was arranged for marines to go aboard , er which they did to take charge of , of the vessel while the search took place . |
| 3 | As Julia began to work the room , she realised that the house had been designed and built for just this sort of occasion : it was planned for servants to run . |
| 4 | The major axis of Stonehenge is aligned with the exact positions of the midwinter and midsummer solstice , leading to suggestions that it was built for ceremonies to mark the annual calendar and seasons . |
| 5 | On 11 September the German Standortkommandantur , which had been set up in the Piazza Garibaldi to administer the city of Parma , issued a series of orders , one of which stated that it was forbidden for civilians to have guns and that looting would be punishable by death . |
| 6 | It must have been about the turn of the century the er Times newspaper ran a competition and it wa , the competition was a very simple one , difficult to answer but it was very simply put it was asking for people to write in letters and essays , and features and articles on , what was wrong with the world . |
| 7 | It was planted for generations to supply the strong bows for archers but now appears to have a new role as a protector — in the fight against cancer . |
| 8 | It was left for Garvey to explain how the village came to be deserted and why it no longer offered cosy prospects for a snug winter . |