Example sentences of "it [was/were] [art] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was every worker for themselves . |
| 2 | Stirling shouted that it was every man for himself . |
| 3 | What a contrast to the previous student flats she 'd shared , where it was every man for himself ! |
| 4 | It was every man for himself and no concessions given . |
| 5 | From now on , it was every man for himself . |
| 6 | But now , Carey knew , it was every man for himself against the past . |
| 7 | It was no problem for me to post a crew , and I did , and many of you must know I did post WAAF at the same time . |
| 8 | It was no Christmas for me this Christmas . |
| 9 | It was no time for me to be getting weepy . |
| 10 | I doubted that , but it was no time for me to talk out of turn . |
| 11 | This is what Gustave told me : that it was no sadness for him to get rid of the paperweight , because he had another which did the work just as efficiently . |
| 12 | Her worst was when she got in the way ; backstage timing sometimes had to be precise , and it was no place for someone who was still taking in the sights . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think it was a problem for him . |
| 14 | It was a problem for us as many were reluctant to return to our convents or seminaries . |
| 15 | It was a photo-opportunity for everyone but only because they genuinely wanted to be there , and to have their picture taken . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was a smile for him alone . |
| 19 | She was n't happy , she was suddenly plunged into all this pressure and it was a nightmare for her . |
| 20 | ‘ It was a nightmare for him , ’ the sister said . |
| 21 | It was a nightmare for someone as shy as I was then . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 24 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 25 | It was a change for him to evince curiosity . |
| 26 | It was a tribute for which the events of the next three years provided ample justification . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It was a preparation for what was to come . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ It was a mistake for me to stay after Friday evening . |