Example sentences of "[pron] was [det] [noun] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | German civilians especially suffered mistreatment at the hands of the Red Army in the East , but there was little sympathy for them after six years of war . |
| 2 | There was little sympathy for them from club officials , with ‘ apathy ’ one of the words used to describe their attitude . |
| 3 | So it looked as though there was little reason for her to think of backing out of the deal they were planning . |
| 4 | There was little incentive for them to be active in this regard , for only a few high-level headmen received a salary . |
| 5 | It also meant that there was little incentive for them to invest in Britain since it was more profitable for them to invest in countries where profit margins were higher . |
| 6 | Creeping underneath the ledge , she found that there was enough space for her to nestle safely while she slept off the exhaustion of the last few days . |
| 7 | He remembers asking Control why he was not also given a Thomas Leavy passport , and being told that , as there was enough time for him to go through normal channels to get one , a legitimate passport was always a safer bet . |
| 8 | But I mean we also , we , I mean we 're providing a service for them to allow them to come on off the street , use the bus , right , but at the same time were trying to provide services for them because one of the things that came out in a consultation was , young people did n't feel that there was enough information for them in the town . |
| 9 | It had a long , narrow study , a bedroom , an antechamber , and a big kitchen , and there was enough room for them to hold a private New Year 's ball . |
| 10 | Because the government abandoned any formal incomes policy there was less call for it to maintain close relations with union leaders . |
| 11 | When you were a child there was some excuse for you , but not now . |
| 12 | There was some evidence for it . |
| 13 | To her immense irritation she found herself babbling , as though there was some need for her to explain herself to him . |
| 14 | Bullinger stayed with me , and asked me quietly whether I thought that there was any hope for her … |
| 15 | If there was any hope for her , it was indisputable that the outlook was grim for anyone with whom she might come in contact . |
| 16 | Not that there was any need for me to speak . |
| 17 | There was another reason for her to live . |
| 18 | As it was such release for me , too — release from the rigours of placing my variously sick relatives in hospices the length and breadth of Cumbria . |
| 19 | She was rather young when she married and had been brought up as a lady , so it was another world for her . |