Example sentences of "was [adj] for [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She subsided wordlessly , wondering ironically how many times it was possible for the same heart to break before there was nothing left of it . |
| 2 | After it died , the silence was absolute for a few moments . |
| 3 | Mr Justice Garland ruled last week that it was impossible for the former officers to receive a fair trial because of the saturation publicity that followed the release of the six , two years ago . |
| 4 | And although it was customary for the same actor to double as Mr Darling and Captain Hook the way St Ives played them there seemed little difference between the two — he romped in the nursery and he sky-larked aboard the Jolly Roger . |
| 5 | It was tense for a few minutes … but it was the first home game … and the first win at stake . |
| 6 | As the law requiring £40 landowners to take up knighthood was seldom observed , the sumptuary acts conceded that it was reasonable for the many men who did not choose to do so to adopt the dress appropriate to the standard of living they must certainly have enjoyed . |
| 7 | 10 October , 1903 RAYMOND ASQUITH writes to Lady Manners from Aberdeenshire : ‘ We had a storm yesterday and went out to watch the waves : I ventured too far out onto a rock and was knocked flat on my face against a granite floor by one of the biggest rollers ever seen on this coast : I never felt such a blow ; luckily I fell in a crevice and was n't washed away ; but I was stunned for a few seconds , and when I got up my face and knee were streaming with blood . |
| 8 | Although the station was non-operational for a few years following the disaster it was fully operational again by April 1979 and since 1985 has had a modern Tyne class lifeboat on station to cover the wide stretch of north-east facing coast around the port . |
| 9 | She suspected that Alain 's mother was anxious for the same reason , and Jenna could not help glancing across at her sympathetically . |
| 10 | It was alright for a few weeks and then it began to look very anaemic and sorry for itself . |
| 11 | He was silent for a few moments , then he raised his head , took a couple of gulps of tea and remarked very slowly , Jesus Christ , Piper , you must be bloody bomb happy ! |
| 12 | Harris was silent for a few moments , regarding Manville quizzically . |
| 13 | Beckett was silent for a few moments . |
| 14 | Talbot was silent for a few minutes . |
| 15 | Anne was silent for a few minutes . |
| 16 | The crowded church was silent for a few seconds at these words no citizen of Decin had ever heard before . |
| 17 | Margaret was silent for a few seconds . |
| 18 | Freddie was quiet for a few moments , then to Billy 's surprise he nodded . |