Example sentences of "for [pron] [conj] it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A critic had coined a phrase for them and it was taken up as a catch phrase — ‘ They dance as one woman and what a woman . ’ |
| 2 | Over the last year he had worked hard to create an image for himself and it was paying off . |
| 3 | Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you , so that you may guard ( against evil ) Surrah 11 , 183 |
| 4 | Told him there would also be something specifically for him when it was done . |
| 5 | No no I was n't allowed to wait for it cos it was gon na take peddled all the way back to do something else . |
| 6 | The reason I did this , because some sixteen months ago , like over a year ago we brought it and lost it , it was n't a victory for anybody or er or er a real loss for anyone because it was lost by one vote . |
| 7 | Discipline was rigid and we respected it , but resented it too , because of a particular juvenile arrogance that must have been founded on the knowledge that the world was changing a lot more than they realised , and it was for us that it was changing . |