Example sentences of "[pron] was [vb pp] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
| 2 | ‘ I was kept for this job . ’ |
| 3 | That would mean the SCU would almost certainly increase the players ' daily allowance , which was doubled for this tour from £5 to £10 a day . |
| 4 | ‘ But then the young man who was slotted for this spot had to back out . |
| 5 | It implies for example , it was created for some kind of purpose . |
| 6 | And even if a structural , timber can be dated , there is always the possibility that it was stored for some time between being felled and being used , or even that it was re-used timber salvaged from an earlier building . |
| 7 | and he said it was planned for this lull beforehand . |
| 8 | He took the view that her consent alone could not be retracted since it was given for all time as part of the contract of marriage . |
| 9 | The market might be held several days a week , and if , like the great Cotswold wood marts at Cirencester , Tetbury and so forth , it was noted for some speciality , business might be attracted from well outside the five-mile radius considered reasonable for day-to-day requirements in the Middle Ages . |
| 10 | It does not matter , she had thought , numbly , for whatever it was and whatever it has been , it was forbidden for all time . |
| 11 | As long as they had been promptly informed he was covered for any eventuality . |
| 12 | It was very nearly a great voice and sometimes , when Gesner was on form , when he was forced for some reason to try hard , it was a great voice . |
| 13 | He was paid for that seal and for his unrivalled knowledge . |
| 14 | Preston was looking stiff because he was braced for another horror story . |
| 15 | And at the end of this week he was braced for another blow : the Supreme Court was set to announce whether he would face impeachment proceedings on embezzlement charges . |
| 16 | He was seconded for this trip as a back-up to Inspector Leeming . |
| 17 | While your brain is doing that it will be storing the words so that when you look at your sheet of nouns you will recall what was said for some while after it was actually said . |
| 18 | Although in theory under the personal command of the new Regent , in fact Will Douglas led , grumbling at having to carry so many lofty ones along when what was needed for this attempt was the toughest of mosstroopers . |