Example sentences of "was a [noun sg] for [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’ |
| 2 | I won the U-Bix Copiers massive ten-man race at Birmingham , so I asked Frank Dick if there was a chance for me to get in the relay team , which had n't been announced with the main selections . |
| 3 | His name was a plea for him to take control and end this before it began . |
| 4 | Peter Pagnamenta , the editor , came into my room to say there was a message for me to ring the Hawick police : there had been an accident involving my family but he did not know the details . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It was a mistake for me to stay after Friday evening . |
| 7 | It was a change for him to evince curiosity . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As there was a tendency for it to rain outside this gift idea was doubly welcome ! |
| 10 | And er the woman there she would n't sign the paper because ny husband was a miner for me to get a drop of milk for him . |
| 11 | In 1971 the CNAA gave evidence to the James Committee expressing its willingness to take on the validation of the Teachers Certificate if there was a need for it to do so . |
| 12 | When Lord Henry returned home that night , there was a letter for him lying on the table . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Indeed , it was a pleasure for us to hear him champion the cause of unilateralism . |
| 15 | Suddenly the Sergeant stood up which was a signal for us to go outside again . |
| 16 | So I silently willed her to know that if life with Edward became insupportable there was a place for her to come . |