Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poland was condemned because it was not a proper nation-state , but it was condemned for its efforts to become one . |
| 2 | The Nobel committee said it was given for their work towards a peaceful ending of apartheid and for laying the foundation for a democratic South Africa . |
| 3 | Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten . |
| 4 | As well as printing bibles , it was noted for its support of culture and scholarship north of the border , with publications including the first Gaelic translation of the New Testament , MacPherson 's Ossian , and Jamieson 's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language . |
| 5 | Its wool was not as fine as that of Merinos from Spain , or the southern hemisphere , but it was noted for its hardiness and foraging ability . |
| 6 | In the early years of the twentieth century it was noted for its hardiness and the bullocks ' ability to feed to heavy weights , while the cows won many Royal Show prizes for butterfat yields , though the quantity of milk was low . |
| 7 | It was needed for his marriage to Sharon Richardson , 22 . |
| 8 | It was striking for its insistence on the role of the Holy Spirit , but equally remarkable for its firmly identifying the Roman Catholic Church with the body of Christ . |
| 9 | It was paying for my Communications course . ’ |
| 10 | When Oxford railway station was refurbished three years ago , it was criticised for its lack of disabled facilities . |
| 11 | When Oxford railway station was refurbished three years ago , it was criticised for its lack of disabled facilities . |