Example sentences of "was a [noun] for [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only other way in or out of this upper level was a door for loading bales and what have you . |
| 2 | IN THE early Gorbachev years every public mention of Nikita Khrushchev 's name was a thrill for thinking Russians and western Kremlin-watchers . |
| 3 | It was a facility for unleashing chaos . |
| 4 | Labour leader Mr Kinnock said : ‘ What our country needed today was a Budget for strengthening Britain and promoting sustainable recovery out of a recession caused by the Government . |
| 5 | Mr Jaggers clearly thought Joe was a fool for refusing money , and left the house , reminding me to go straight to his office in London in a week 's time . |
| 6 | It was a day for fingering duvets in Capel Curig or Betws , but Nathan , though difficult to start on cold mornings , was active once moving and would find that too dull . |
| 7 | The Plowden Committee Report ( DES , 1967 ) contains an interesting discussion on whether there was a case for introducing charges for nursery education . |
| 8 | As the brain was a machine for processing information , what more logical to assume that it did so by utilizing in some very special way these informational macromolecules . |
| 9 | The machine was a device for punching rivet holes in flat sheets of wrought iron . |
| 10 | But there was a reason for letting Yuan talk to you first . |
| 11 | 1.3.1 Teachers , moderators and subject assessors had expressed the view that there was a need for extending continuity and progression of the existing module . |
| 12 | All they had in common was a potential for repelling Mrs Farr . |
| 13 | It was a time for thanking God that Matthew had turned his back on the badness that might have dragged him down . |