Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The next few days were agony for Constance , as she waited for the letter to arrive .
2 The compositions were sonatas for keyboard and violin K.6 and K.7 ( published as op .
3 Admission rates were £4 for adults , £concessionary , with further concessionary rates of £10 for a family ( 2+2 ) and a ‘ bring a pensioner ’ scheme whereby anyone bringing a pensioner ( or a child ) could get in at the concessionary rate .
4 Er all of these men had moderate or severe symptoms , and all of these patients were candidates for surgery .
5 The Chief Officer said quite clearly last er last time that the decisions were decisions for members and members came up with a view last time that we should not remove that whole time crew from St Albans which was the one firm decision that was made at the last meeting and what Councillor is now suggesting that we should take out those twenty eight whole time fire fighters and then try and give us ten back if we 're lucky .
6 So eleventh-century courts were centres for ceremony , business , education ; Charlemagne would have sympathized with all of these .
7 Someone else got up to reply , with some indignation , and said that private individuals transported goods and passengers much more cheaply that the government could manage ; government garages were scrap-heaps for vehicles which any private individual could repair in half an hour .
8 As she stepped into the humming elevator , Chesarynth realized that the other doors were holograms for security .
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