Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [was/were] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons which are too complicated to bother with , I had left Scotland , where I was for Christmas , on December 30th to go to the Isle of Wight and spend that most braw , bricht , moonlicht and Caledonian of celebrations , Hogmanay in the Deep South . |
| 2 | They stayed where they were for another minute or so , although Jack had to practically hold Ho down while they waited . |
| 3 | Floy stood where he was for a moment , looking up at the great , shining edifice that was Tara , Ireland 's Bright Palace , the great legendary Citadel of Light , the home of the Wolfkings … |
| 4 | It occurred to me , when I reached Julius Apollo 's door , that the Canadian would be standing where it was for the whole of the twenty-five minutes of its daily scheduled stop . |
| 5 | ‘ I think he was better casting than I was for the part . |
| 6 | The competition was to take place in August and , although she was for ever panicking about what they still could n't do , she tended to overlook how far they had come from first beginnings . |
| 7 | But the Princess Sabatini was no more responsible for her egotistical grandson than she was for tonight 's overblown charity event . |
| 8 | Mr Smith , whose team are 6–1 outsiders for the Cup , agrees with the bookmakers in rating Liverpool even stronger favourites tonight than they were for the first meeting . |
| 9 | ODDLY enough , although he was for almost 50 years a pillar of the British dance band scene , by his own account Joe Crossman 's only popular acclaim was given to him in the United States for his beautiful alto saxophone solo on Stanley Black 's mid-Forties recording of Django Reinhardt 's ballad ‘ Nuages ’ . |
| 10 | It is clear that local government promises to be an even worse headache for the new government than it was for the old . |
| 11 | This situation was worse for the Communist Party women than it was for the men . |
| 12 | These days line is , in some cases , less than half the diameter than it was for a given breaking strain . |
| 13 | The response in this area was far more positive than it was for simple strumming . |
| 14 | This has also led to the massive wave of international intercontinental migration , the largest since the decades before 1914 , which has , incidentally , both aggravated inter-communal frictions , notably in the form of racism , and made a world of national territories , ‘ belonging ’ exclusively to the natives who keep strangers in their place , even less of a realistic option for the 21st century than it was for the 20th . |
| 15 | However , this was far less significant for physics students than it was for the physical science and materials students . |
| 16 | It was no less incongruous for me to live with my mother than it was for Syl to live with his , or Nour with Marie Claire . |
| 17 | He is also far more relaxed than he was for the majority of his Formula One career , laughing and joking with reporters and rivals . |
| 18 | A man like Richard Hamilton , for instance , who 's now pretty well known in this country , was much better known on the Continent of Europe and in America , in Switzerland , in Germany , in Northern Italy — Milan particularly — much better known there than he was for decades . |
| 19 | As far as the RAF was concerned , they had this nice little lull when losses fell substantially , so it was for us a calm period in the storm . |
| 20 | If this a new beginning for South Africa , their first Test since their isolation from international cricket in 1970 , because of their government 's apartheid policies , so it was for the West Indies . |
| 21 | Lord Morris said that just as it was for Parliament to lay down the procedures to be followed for the passing of legislation , so it was for Parliament to determine whether these procedures had been followed . |
| 22 | Anyway , this man came up to where I was standing with my mother , and asked if I was for hire . |
| 23 | The purpose served by the two massive exhaust cowlings is less clear , but it 's unlikely Bugatti would test them if they were for styling reasons only . |
| 24 | Though if they were for young William or for herself , she could not be sure . |
| 25 | Anthropologists noted " post-partum taboos " even if they were for a month . |
| 26 | Then she lay back on her pillow and they looked at each other as if it was for the first time . |
| 27 | If it was for a film and it was a good part , then yes I would . |
| 28 | ‘ I asked if it was for himself or his mother . |
| 29 | If it were for students in Writing , Publishing and Communications then more emphasis is likely to be given to editorial aids and to the structure of the publishing industry . |
| 30 | as if it were for best . |