Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought you were dead for sure ! ’ |
| 2 | I thought we were on for charades . |
| 3 | All the families were on for except the three weeks holiday during the year they were marooned on these islands all the time . |
| 4 | MAI Systems Corp , the Irvine , California maker of small business computers that just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection ( CI No 2,147 ) , listed $26.1m in assets and $145.0m in liabilities ; Brooke Group Ltd , which is controlled by MAI chairman Bennett LeBow , owns 82.3% of MAI 's voting securities ; the largest unsecured creditor listed in the filing was Chemical Trust Co. of California , trustee for $40m of 11.75% senior subordinated debentures ; the obligations listed for most of the other creditors were mostly for $4m or less . |
| 5 | Britain , after 1945 , still had worldwide markets , but these were mostly for relatively old technology products such as steam engines and steel rails . |
| 6 | The argument is not very logical but the notes were enough for John to decide that the family origins must , after all , have been French . |
| 7 | Victory at the Donington event and other impressive results were enough for Huberts to secure his signature with a brave promise of a factory bike for the future . |
| 8 | It were enough for me to take back to our branch and say " it 's us against them " . " |
| 9 | The cows were inside for most of the year , being out for only 4–6 weeks . |
| 10 | The first best clothes were only for Sunday and when visitors came . |
| 11 | Supper parties were only for grown , ups . |
| 12 | Your mother used to phone me , although trunk calls in those days were only for emergencies . |
| 13 | Sanatoria , popular by the end of the century , were only for the better-off , apart from some charitable foundations , and in any case had little effect . |
| 14 | These powers of attorney were only for day-to-day transactions . |
| 15 | But they did n't go in a book ; they were only for his friends to read . |
| 16 | The additional transactions costs were only for selling 20 index futures . |
| 17 | They were only for coaches or they could do to ride as well ? ’ |
| 18 | And we nearly come under it er were only for the Yanks . |
| 19 | I met my first boyfriend when I was in the fifth year at school , and we were together for six years . |
| 20 | The trio were together for a Christmas in Vienna concert in the city hall . |
| 21 | But the family were together for a tour of Harry 's dormitory , where the new boy — known at Ludgrove as a ‘ squit ’ — will sleep with three pals . |
| 22 | They were together for four years , but Bailey recalls : ‘ I do n't think we ever saw each other . |
| 23 | Helvin moved in , and they were together for a decade . |
| 24 | We were together for — oh — three years ? |
| 25 | They were together for about two-and-a-half years and he is her son Sean 's father . |
| 26 | ‘ We were together for a long time but we grew apart and we have both been working hard . ’ |
| 27 | Allen and Farrow , who never married , were together for 12 years before splitting up in January 1992 . |
| 28 | There was sweet nothing in the way of nectar and what duped flowers had burst out of the ground were in for a shock when the frosts came . |
| 29 | Whitton 's second , in the 38th minute , must have warned the crowd nearly 1,000 below the Recreation Ground 's 5,000 capacity that they were in for a dispiriting night . |
| 30 | The omens were bad , and when the Hammersmith show eventually got going it seemed we were in for an all-time rock ‘ n ’ roll disaster . |