Example sentences of "[pron] was [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have given my right arm to have achieved such an agreement when I was Minister for Aviation between 1984 and 1987 . |
| 2 | The early experience of ESAs that I had when I was Minister for Agriculture , Fisheries and Food showed the policy to be important , helpful and constructive . |
| 3 | I was secretary for seven year eh . |
| 4 | Twelve and thirteen and I was cook for four years there . |
| 5 | " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him . |
| 6 | EMSAs relative to the CHX experiments were performed with the following adjustments in order to obtain a better resolution of the various retarded bands : after the incubation with the probe , the samples were centrifuged for 5' at 4°C in microfuge and electrophoresed on a 30 cm. long 6% polyacrylamide gel in 0.25 TBE at 4°C which was prerun for 30' at 4°C . |
| 7 | On Monday there was the English paper — mainly Twelfth Night , which was money for old rope as I had played Feste at school . |
| 8 | At 9.03 pm on June 21,1982 Diana produced the son and heir which was cause for national rejoicing . |
| 9 | From 1919 to 1948 she was secretary for social training there , and later published privately a booklet on its history . |
| 10 | She was minister for social action in the Pol Pot era and is regarded as one of the main theoreticians of the party . |
| 11 | While she was doing so , she was company for little Sandy , who was just six months old and still in his pram , the image of his daddy , Bruce Mackenzie . |
| 12 | Despite her love of exercise , her health had been poor since her early adulthood and she was bedridden for many years . |
| 13 | She was larger than life , she had seen the world , she was game for anything , she was jolly and vibrant , spoke her mind ; all in all , she was fun to be with . |
| 14 | She was agent for Sir Ian Wrigglesworth ( SDP ) in 1987 General Election . |
| 15 | Suddenly she was doing for silver-haired women of matronly stature what Joan Collins had done for the middle aged . |
| 16 | When I was in Moscow , my grandmother was with me and everything that I wanted she was doing for me and I was a little girl who had everything . |
| 17 | ‘ If he had any idea of what she was doing for us , MoD does n't want it spread around . |
| 18 | That 's the scathing view of Riddick Bowe — the next challenger for Evander Holyfield 's world crown — who was ringside for Lewis 's fourth-round victory over outweighed and outclassed American Mike Dixon here yesterday . |
| 19 | Mr. Redwood , who was Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities before the latest Cabinet re-shuffle , is an enthusiastic supporter of public and private partnerships in the rejuvenation of urban areas . |
| 20 | MEMBERS of Newry Drama Festival and friends have held a dinner in Newry Arts Centre to honour Owen Mooney , who was chairman for 27 years . |
| 21 | Confusingly , it was another Richard Hutchinson , of the City and later of Stepney , who was co-treasurer for sick and wounded soldiers , widows , and orphans from 1643 to 1660 and a judge for imprisoned debtors in 1653–4 , and who served as co-paymaster of the navy under the treasurers in 1688–71 , appearing in the latter part of Pepys 's diary . |
| 22 | Taylor ( Un ) , who was Assemblyman for Fermanagh and South Tyrone in 1973 , obtained a clear quota of first preference votes . |
| 23 | It was probably his uncle , another Maximilian , who was MP for Westbury , Wiltshire , in 1628–9 , and his cousin Edmund who sat for Chipping Wycombe , Buckinghamshire , in the Convention Parliament of 1660 . |
| 24 | Mark Cunningham , who was lifeguard for the Masters and regularly bodysurfed big Pipe , was offhand about the danger . |
| 25 | The ever-anxious Ford had been appointed to replace Major Richard Sharpe as commanding officer of the battalion , which of itself was cause for the Colonel to worry , for Joseph Ford was keenly aware that the Rifleman had been a most competent and experienced soldier . |
| 26 | One was admiration for Arnold Palmer the shot-maker , and the other for Arnold Palmer the sportsman . |
| 27 | There was psychoanalysis for the status-conscious and assertiveness training for those with low self-esteem . |
| 28 | In the confusion of scolding that followed , Charles reflected that maybe there was hope for the family after all . |
| 29 | The coverage of the new business park was encouraging , however , as it showed that Scotswood had not been forgotten , and there was hope for a better future . |
| 30 | There were more puris — a whole basketful — eaten with hot spicy potatoes , fried in mustard oil brought back from Aula , and there was rice for everyone , and an emerald green soup of wild young ka kani leaves . |