Example sentences of "it [was/were] a [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think it was a problem for him . |
| 2 | It was a problem for us as many were reluctant to return to our convents or seminaries . |
| 3 | It was a photo-opportunity for everyone but only because they genuinely wanted to be there , and to have their picture taken . |
| 4 | Whenever I went to Fisherton Street it was a must for me to go to Pickfords , the carriers for The Great Western Railway , just to gaze in the window , for right in the centre was a beautiful scale model of one of their pantechnicons , some two feet in length . |
| 5 | The whole operation was for Reagan 's sake , as well as the hostages ' ; it was a present for him , preferably one to be delivered by Christmas , or by the State of the Union address in January , or by the elections in November . |
| 6 | It was a smile for him alone . |
| 7 | She was n't happy , she was suddenly plunged into all this pressure and it was a nightmare for her . |
| 8 | ‘ It was a nightmare for him , ’ the sister said . |
| 9 | It was a nightmare for someone as shy as I was then . |
| 10 | It was a privilege for me to be invited to one of the Criterion Evenings which were held at irregular intervals at 24 Russell Square . |
| 11 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 12 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 13 | It was a change for him to evince curiosity . |
| 14 | It was a tribute for which the events of the next three years provided ample justification . |
| 15 | First it was a little bit of yellow fish for her landlady 's cat — the poor thing was half starved — then it was a bulb for her bedside lamp , and lastly she remembered that a friend of hers had just opened in a play in Manchester and there just might be a review in the evening paper . |
| 16 | It was a preparation for what was to come . |
| 17 | Also , unlike others who had been brought up in more cultured surroundings , it was a rarity for him to go to the theatre and even more of a rarity to go to other forms of public entertainments , including the cinema . |
| 18 | ‘ It was a mistake for me to stay after Friday evening . |
| 19 | But it was not a parent — it was a letter for her brother Branwell . |
| 20 | It was a disappointment for his many fans not to see him in action . |
| 21 | It was a mailshot for his own agency , which was then starting up , to potential clients . |
| 22 | I merely asked why it was a matter for us in the Cabinet Office . |
| 23 | It was a reaction for which Police Chief Darryl Gates was widely criticized and which he , in retrospect , admitted had been a serious mistake . |
| 24 | It was a victory for her each time that she wrested him away from his desk and his teleprinter and his uniform . |
| 25 | I met George only when I came here , and it was a pleasure for me to meet such a good and conscientious man of the people . |
| 26 | Indeed , it was a pleasure for us to hear him champion the cause of unilateralism . |
| 27 | It was a pleasure for someone to deliver these to her house . |
| 28 | It was a post for which he was singularly unsuited and from which he removed himself or was gently pushed in September 1939 , but , though he failed to hit it off with the central committee , he did bring to the organisation the stamp of institutional legitimacy . |
| 29 | It was a demand for his own deselection . |