Example sentences of "was for [det] [noun] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | GRAMOPHONE has published a number of Rust 's discographical works , including British Dance Bands on Record , 1911–1945 ( in association with Sandy Forbes ) , and he was for many years a regular contributor to this magazine . |
| 2 | Llanthony Warehouse was for many years a showroom and store for Western Trading Co . |
| 3 | He was for many years a JP for Bombay , and took a keen interest in municipal affairs . |
| 4 | , James ( fl. 1774 ) , clergyman , teacher , and lexicographer , was for many years a curate at All Saints ' Church , Edmonton , Middlesex , and a teacher at schools in Goodman 's Fields and Tottenham . |
| 5 | Gow was for many years a close associate of Margaret Thatcher , the Prime Minister , having been her parliamentary private secretary during the first four years of her premiership in 1979-83 , and a member of her government as Minister of Housing in 1983-85 and a Minister of State at the Treasury from September to November 1985 . |
| 6 | He was for some time a broken man . |