Example sentences of "[adj] it was a [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 I had a satellite mirror found in a quarry , and took i used this It was a mould for this to get it a perfect parabolic shape .
2 For some it was an occasion for celebration .
3 Headley Feast with the national classified , one result to change of the local footballs in the Beezer Homes League , southern division , I 'm afraid it was a defeat for Witney ; Witney one , Canterbury two , that 's in the Beezer Homes League southern division ; Witney one , Canterbury two .
4 By 1400 it was a hospital for the insane .
5 Of course this film was a condemnation of sweat-shop conditions , and of course it was a melodrama in which poor girls have affairs with the boss 's sons and in which the heroine brandishes a gun in order to make one son do the honourable thing but above all it was a vehicle for a star who had already become one of Hollywood 's hottest properties .
6 ‘ When I remember it first it was a playroom for the Glynn children and any others they cared to let in ; a sort of clubhouse .
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