Example sentences of "[pron] was the [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | After our first Report the tabloid journalists enjoyed themselves by writing provocative articles about how I was the professor for whom correct English did not matter . |
2 | It was agreed that we should be married as soon as Leslie had completed his parachute training , which was the reason for his being sent home . |
3 | Bainbridge has a lovely village green which was the setting for nothing more remarkable than the fact that I arrived there one day to walk over from Bainbridge to Cam Houses with Tony and Eddie , the landlord from my local pub , only to discover that I 'd left my walking boots back at home in Dentdale and had to do the entire walk in a pair of fur-lined cowboy boots , which earned me the nickname of Roy Rogers for the rest of the week . |
4 | ‘ Had you decided she was the woman for me ? ’ |
5 | It 's the old woman who was the nurse for his mother . |
6 | If — hairbrush microphones in hand — they were not pretending to be Abba , it was Welsh star Bonnie Tyler who was the inspiration for their unenthusiastic warblings . |
7 | He was still the great lover , and the woman beside him was the reason for his constant philandering . |
8 | It was the base for his ‘ Highgrove set ’ , the gang of pals which included Camilla Parker Bowles whose friendship with Charles over the years made Diana so jealous . |
9 | This , perhaps , made us feel that here in this sunlit place serenity bore a deeper meaning , it was the peace for which the thousands lying here had given their lives . |
10 | It was the price for my more materialist attitude , my seeking to occupy the middle ground , between absorption in life and soaring above the cares of the earth . |
11 | It was the vehicle for which Crawford had been looking . |
12 | It was the temple for everyone who wanted to be involved in something that had nothing to do with what most people thought was ‘ happening ’ in that part of the seventies . |
13 | Then it was the turn for my own hand to explore the anonymous member beyond the missing brick . |
14 | ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’ |
15 | It was the excuse for her deep delaying gaze into the looking-glass . |
16 | But when she married and moved to a distant part of the country , I decided it was the moment for me to change my life too . |
17 | The idea of being nice to someone because they were going to leave you their money was not pleasant ; Tom often told himself this , but it was the reason for his going to see his grandmother . |
18 | It was the signal for your murder . |
19 | I decided that in my present state I could n't face Moscow , and having discovered about the hot , spring baths of Budapest and the chess players who stand in water at 76 degrees Celsius , leisurely moving the pieces , decided that it was the place for me . |
20 | The row was like an earthquake but I did not think it was the end for us , ’ she said . |
21 | As his mother-in-law had come to know him better , she seemed to have accepted that he was the man for her daughter and even to have become quite fond of him , but he appreciated this new freedom . |
22 | His reply was he 'd do the same — so I knew from that moment onwards he was the man for me . ’ |
23 | Let me tell the right hon. Gentleman what was the test for our new health service reforms set by his hon. Friend the Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) . |
24 | And what was the reason for it ? |
25 | What was the reason for it . |
26 | Does he adhere to that assertion and , if so , what was the basis for it ? |