Example sentences of "[pers pn] was an [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an excuse for Annie to take her leave . |
| 2 | ‘ And it was an excuse for an evening out . ’ |
| 3 | Yes , it was an eye-opener for half these people . |
| 4 | It was an ordeal for Beth to be used for this night after night , but she comforted herself with the knowledge that he truly loved her and was always both gentle and considerate . |
| 5 | It was just that City enjoyed one of those rare days when everything went right , even though some of the Maine Road faithful will have mixed feelings about whether it was an occasion for celebration . |
| 6 | For some it was an occasion for celebration . |
| 7 | But it was an occasion for spectators rather than bidders and only two lots exceeded expectations , Eric Gill 's fine , if slightly sweet , stone carving , ‘ Mother and Child ’ ( lot 20 , est. £25,000–35,000 ) , described by the auction house as his most important sculpture to come to the market for ten years and bought by a telephone bidder against the Fine Art Society for £56,000 ( $85,680 ) , and Graham Sutherland 's boldly coloured ‘ Palm Palisade ’ ( lot 88 , est. £40,000–60,000 ) which was acquired by Agnews for £68,000 ( $104,040 ) after competition with private dealers Ivor Braka and underbidder Jamie Maclean . |
| 8 | If , however , it was ravaged by rats and mice , it was an ill-omen for the farm and those who laboured there . |
| 9 | Most people joined it for humanitarian reasons but it was an outlet for all kinds of disgust . |
| 10 | For Baxter and George Kinnell it was an opportunity for a spot of transatlantic trouble and on arrival at their luxury hotel , the cousins ordered huge quantities of drink to be brought from a local liquor store . |
| 11 | It was an opportunity for people to see the positive side of dog ownership , and we readily agreed to produce a team . |
| 12 | It was an opportunity for me . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ It was an opportunity for everyone connected with the project , both BNFL staff and contractors , to bring in their families and explain what THORP is all about . |
| 14 | Moreover , the problem was not confined to one city ( London ) , it was an issue for the whole country : Belfast , Clydeside , Merseyside and a range of industrial and port areas , and city centres as at Sheffield , Coventry , Plymouth , Hull , Bristol and certain cathedral cities . |
| 15 | I was given to understand it was an honour for me to have been invited , and I was very much on trial . |
| 16 | It was an effort for her even to glance at them , but she was glad that she had . |
| 17 | His address was part of a graduation ceremony , and he walked on stage with school officials and local dignitaries ; he dutifully applauded as each student received a diploma , although " One got the impression that it was an effort for him to look up " . |
| 18 | It was an effort for Leonora to wish him goodnight , an even greater effort to walk upstairs slowly , instead of running headlong to her room , where she lay sleepless for hours , unable to get Penry Vaughan 's handsome , cynical face out of her mind . |
| 19 | Sometimes the Ashleys mixed their French and English friends with amusing results , such as the occasion when they invited Terence Conran and his wife Caroline , the cookery writer , who were inveighed against by their French dinner companions , claiming it was an audacity for the English to write about food as they knew nothing about it . |
| 20 | It was an advert for a fair . |
| 21 | He had explained to her mother how it was an innovation for Hoggatt 's having a clerical officer on the desk instead of a junior police officer . |
| 22 | He says that he was an ambassador for power boat racing , and for his country . |
| 23 | He was an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons for over forty-two years , treasurer for eleven , and president in 1887–9 . |
| 24 | ‘ Only that he was an agent for SIS and had some involvement with WIN , and went back to Poland in 1950 . |
| 25 | He was an in-patient for 40 days , receiving drugs for tuberculosis and syphilis . |