Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [adv] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But yes , as it happens , Bernard and I were happily married for fifteen years , in the face of all likelihood , and against the prognostications of our friends . |
| 2 | She were only poorly for three days . ’ |
| 3 | You were n't right for each other ! |
| 4 | So if you were in the and you were forty years of age you were n't safe for going to the to go to the army . |
| 5 | In those days there was a small core of paid research staff who were responsible for a large number of countries — if you did the Soviet Union , you were also responsible for Eastern Europe and half of Western Europe as well ! ’ |
| 6 | You were quite happy for me to come home on the bus . |
| 7 | Why , you were as hot for me as I was for you ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is why you were so keen for me to stay here , in the circumstances … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If you were more eager for my friendship , I would not trust you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It sounds as if you were more concerned for him than yourself , which suggests you do care very deeply for him , ’ Fernando said quietly . |
| 11 | You may have been his class , but you were too limited for a man like him . ’ |
| 12 | I told her you might want the pieces and the beautiful dress , but she just said you were too big for dolls anyway . ’ |
| 13 | Some people might think you were too smart for your own health . ’ |
| 14 | As we were not due for another lesson till the next day I was n't carrying them with me . |
| 15 | However , we were not keen for housing benefit to be used in place of housing support for care , which is properly the provision of income support . |
| 16 | However , we were not hungry for once , so we did n't mind going to bed . |
| 17 | Marriage would be more straightforward and perhaps most lasting — if we were not itchy for love , exultant on its arrival , fearful of its departure . |
| 18 | The local farmer , who used the plane as an Olympian way of counting his sheep , welded the bits back together and we were soon ready for another demonstration flight . |
| 19 | Off we set into the station proper , aware we were already late for the train 's arrival . |
| 20 | Following this example , and that of Cathy Donaldson , Elizabeth Anne Crawford also took ‘ time off ’ from work , and we were most grateful for her banking expertise . |
| 21 | ‘ My mum is a bit upset , ’ says Zara , ‘ but we had a lovely letter from Mr Evans saying that he would pay for me to return home at any time during the first three months in England , which we were very grateful for . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We were very pleased for him , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ We were very hungry for a shrinkwrapped operating system for our ACE machines but we had to say no to SCO , ’ he said . |
| 24 | A great girl and we were very happy for the short time we had . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We were so good for so long that we took it for granted . |
| 26 | ‘ We were extremely fearful for our own safety . |
| 27 | We had to go to Thetford for the judging , and although we were quite good for a school of Debenham 's size . |
| 28 | On our more active days , when we had a go at volleyball or windsurfing at the beach , we were always ready for the 4 o'clock ‘ after beach ’ party at the poolside where the animation team served coffee , cakes and liqueurs at special prices and hosted games and competitions . |
| 29 | None of the females in the family could help in that direction ; we were too poor for such richness . |
| 30 | A visit to the market on Wednesdays was a highlight of the week when we were too young for school . |