Example sentences of "was [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily he was wholly for the Ashleys . |
| 2 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 3 | It was enough for the Church that a corpse had been presented for burial . |
| 4 | This was enough for the Home Secretary to send the case back for a fourth hearing to the Court of Appeal , with the recommendation that they summon Mathews as a witness to test his credibility . |
| 5 | That performance was enough for the bookmakers to make The Fellow favourite for this afternoon 's big one . |
| 6 | Twenty pounds of butter was enough for the lease of two and a half desiatiny of land for five years.l Five pudy of linseed cake were exchanged for the approaching harvest of a desiatin of wheat . |
| 7 | The majority decision was enough for the BAF to rule that the 22-year-old Croydon sprinter , who was found positive in an out-of-competition test just before the Olympics , remains banned until 1996 . |
| 8 | Again , while the cry for disestablishment was not a major factor in the political make-up of Hughes or Perks , it was so for the bulk of the movement 's leaders , men like C. A. Berry , Alexander Mackennal , John Clifford , J. B. Paton , A. T. Guttery , W. J. Townsend , C. Silvester Home , R. F. Horton , J. H. Hollowell , J. Carvell Williams , J. E. Ellis , Henry Broadhurst , J. Compton Rickett , Albert Spicer and W. P. Hartley . |
| 9 | The West Midlands and Cleveland County came up with £300,000 and £250,000 respectively , and that was all for the rest of England — a paltry £885,000 compared with the £2,325,000 raised from just twelve London boroughs . |
| 10 | He was all for the idea , and we exchanged addresses . |
| 11 | Come along , " Aunt Tossie was all for the fun of the fair . |
| 12 | Macmillan replied urbanely that he was all for the plan , adding : |
| 13 | This included having to study rod sizes , materials and changes in the amounts of electrical current to see how the effect depended on these , which was all for the future . |
| 14 | Owen was all for the Agreement . |
| 15 | The grand master of ceremonies , Amir Aslan Afshar , was all for the Shah 's keeping or selling his personal plane . |
| 16 | It was not long after that , though , that the rain decided once again to make an appearance and Ven decreed that it was in for the rest of the day . |
| 17 | It was only for the benefit of anyone who might be watching , she reminded herself grimly , but she could n't ignore the tremor of longing deep within her , a longing almost too strong to contain . |
| 18 | Yes , I was leaving alone , but I knew that this was only for the journey . |
| 19 | By the time that Israel became part of the Roman empire , the idea was already widespread among the various religious sects that the ‘ End of the World ’ was at hand , although it was only for the Essenes of Qumran that this belief assumed a definite form ; that , whereas the First Judgement at the time of Noah had been destruction by water , the Last Judgement would be destruction by fire . |
| 20 | So there was no reason for crew reliefs except in emergencies , especially as the working season was only for the summer months . |
| 21 | Oh well this was only for the local ! |
| 22 | I was along for the ride . |
| 23 | The sale agreed and completed was thus for the land and buildings as they were at that time . |
| 24 | The revolution-that-might-have-been was over for the day . |
| 25 | School was over for the day and Sara had expected Jenny to arrive before this . |
| 26 | Perhaps he was away for the weekend . |
| 27 | Cos they were all taking the mick out of him and he said oh she did n't do it he said she was away for the weekend , I had somebody else there . |
| 28 | Although the twins were disappointed that Kerry-Jane was away for the day , on a visit to her grandmother , they happily helped with packing the picnic into the car . |
| 29 | people latched onto it as something that was n't a political strike , was n't being led by militants , revolutionaries , what have you , and it was something , it was just for the freedom of the working man if you like , and his standard of living was not gon na suffer because of bosses intransig intransigence I 'll say it right in a while , and what have you . |
| 30 | It was not for the court to manipulate the sentence ; this was a matter for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of mercy . |