Example sentences of "[coord] was for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Serjeant was then stricken with severe arthritis and was for a period chair-bound . |
| 2 | A friend and promoter of the music of Hindemith , Satie , Honegger , Alban Berg and Milhaud , he wrote well-received books on Milhaud and Stravinsky , and was for 15 years director of Belgian State Radio 's music programmes . |
| 3 | She is a Fellow of the Institute of Home Economics and was for two years the Institute 's Vice-Chairman . |
| 4 | Pain entered my left arm and was for a short time , half a minute or so , quite hurtful . |
| 5 | The building was opened on the ninth anniversary of her death in 1862 and was for the consumptive poor . |
| 6 | It was the first UK brewer to set up a home sales division and was for years undisputed leader in this field . |
| 7 | From January 1891 it appeared as the Lagos Weekly Record , and was for forty-nine years an outspoken critic of colonialism . |
| 8 | He also subscribed to Reuters ( received in morse by radio ) and was for a while a Reuters correspondent in the region . |
| 9 | Powell began an irrigation survey in 1888 under the auspices of the US Geological Survey and was for a while successful in convincing the government that state control was necessary . |
| 10 | Palmer was closely concerned with the work of the Church of England Working Men 's Society and was for long its honorary treasurer . |
| 11 | They had three daughters and one son , Matthew , who followed his father 's profession and was for many years superintendent of the LNER locomotive depot at Neasden , London . |
| 12 | This was dated 11 June 1747 and was for Tilberthwaite , with a requirement that Sir John would also have a key of the mine storehouse , with free access . |
| 13 | At least , he may have begun in a monastery , but in the event he took orders and was for years a junior pastor somewhere in Worcestershire . |
| 14 | In the course of the trip de Klerk held high-level talks with politicians and officials in France , the United Kingdom , West Germany , Greece , Portugal , Switzerland , Spain , Belgium and Italy , and was for the most part sympathetically received . |
| 15 | He was tall , dark and far from handsome ; she was small , chirpy and was for ever brushing Kev 's shoulders free of scurf . |
| 16 | Persian is also one of the two principal languages of Afghanistan , is spoken in what was Soviet Central Asia , and was for centuries the official language of much of the Indian subcontinent , where many fine poets wrote in Persian . |
| 17 | Jean Ritchie ( Mrs Patterson ) specialised in Radiotherapy ( D. M. R. T. ) and was for three years Consultant Radiotherapist in Singapore . |
| 18 | Relevant factors included ( 1 ) the hirer 's lack of expertise in the plant hire business ; ( 2 ) that the contract was arranged at short notice and was for a short period of hire ; it was therefore difficult for the plaintiff hirers to arrange insurance cover ; ( 3 ) that the clause was not the subject of negotiation ; ( 4 ) that the hirers had little or no control over the way the driver did his job . |
| 19 | The help given in the first period of Addenbrookes , when the plaintiff had her own room and was for much of the time still in a coma , was clearly signifidant , significant , not only in caring for the plaintiff 's physical needs , but in giving the support and encouragement which no doubt contributed greatly to the plaintiff 's emergence from that coma . |
| 20 | In a letter for publication , Williamson had drawn attention to the fact that he drove a Jaguar and was for some time after known to the Gadfly column as ‘ Jaguar Man . ’ |
| 21 | and now I know another song about Donald Duck Donald Duck went up the hill stuck in the miney mo , down in the rain and was for , Donald Duck |
| 22 | It was not confined to Methodists , but was for all children who wished to attend . |
| 23 | Erm members may also remember that er for the schemes that came forward on Franklyns were a result of a er , an advertisement being placed three of the schemes put forward erm , were for sale of equity share , one was put forward which came er , to the last meeting in this committee which was a rented scheme erm , but was for people for members took a view the erm the Environment Trust scheme er would prove a better option er , in Harlow . |
| 24 | Erm and as many a as many people I have contact with through either the tenants ' group or through the the Dayroom , which was erm set up in the probation office , but was for people who lived in the area , not necessarily for |