Example sentences of "[pron] were [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
| 2 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
| 3 | Money was not , however , the only currency in evidence – communication with the public and good fellowship among ourselves were subjects for pleased comment . |
| 4 | Houck had personally followed the histories of two reactors in Missouri ( Callaway ) and Kansas ( Wolf Creek ) which were prototypes for Hinkley C. Both had cost three times their original budget — $3 billion apiece — and had been plagued with teething problems in their first few years of operation . |
| 5 | The impressive bulk of 762 at the Pleasure Beach , showing its new bogies which were prototypes for those on the new Centenary class . |
| 6 | Perhaps Marcus had read her previous reticence to give herself completely to him as boredom with the scenario of casual individual relationships which were par for the course for their contemporaries , and had laid on a partner-swapping party to titillate her interest . |
| 7 | European markets were further unsettled in early September by monetary developments in Finland and Sweden , both of which were applicants for EC membership [ see pp. 38834 ; 38353 ] and both of which — following a similar step by Norway [ see p. 37782 ] — had in 1991 associated their currencies with the ERM [ see pp. 38297 ; 38202 ] . |
| 8 | In his heart the boy Jaq vowed vengeance against daemons and against psykers who were conduits for daemons for stealing his parents from him and bestowing upon him the honour of being raised by missionaries . |
| 9 | ‘ Talking of freedom , ’ James said , ‘ Kate and I were wondering what you were doing for Christmas . ’ |
| 10 | And think of the climate — more people will want to spend their holidays with you than when you were MP for Ribble Valley . ’ |
| 11 | After towing them back to their ship we were friends for life and the word soon went round the fleet . |
| 12 | The wind freshened from astern off Rudha Reidh and we just managed to beat a south westerly gale into Loch Ewe where we were weatherbound for the next two days . |
| 13 | Erm we were agents for a firm called in Australia , who made very good leather indeed , and we did sell quite a large amount of his tanneds to the local er firms for the saddlery trade . |
| 14 | But however that 's the way things went and er we were distributors for the Morris for Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
| 15 | ‘ People thought we were idiots for a long time , ’ remembers Kelly . |
| 16 | Much of the time the principal performers were not even aware of what we were doing for them . |
| 17 | I remember during some very intensive rehearsals we were doing for the Ring we came to a passage where the figuration of the accompaniment always comes out too strongly . |
| 18 | There were taps for hot and cold water and a large plastic jug to flush the hole-in-the-floor toilet . |
| 19 | ‘ After I had been at the Bedford Institution for a few years there were changes for the better . |
| 20 | In the support races there were doubles for Jeremy McWilliams and Scot Ian Simpson . |
| 21 | In the support races there were doubles for Jeremy McWilliams and Scot Ian Simpson . |
| 22 | There were doubles for the Teessiders in the colts 800 metres ( Fernando Whitworth 2:23.7 and Neal Cotton 2:29.0 ) , boys discus ( Stephen Birse 28.02m and Mark Earl 22.80m ) , youths hammer ( Wayne Gibson 53.96 metres and David Waller 41.52 metres ) , youths steeplechase ( Stephen Helm 4:37.8 and Glen Harland 4:51.0 ) and the youths 3,000 metres ( Kevin Mace 9:30.9 and Paul Bentley 9:39.8 ) while Barry O'Brien scored a double in the youths 200 and 400 metres and Ian Taylor in the shot and hammer . |
| 23 | Here there were dormitories for four or six and just as in hospital wards of the time , the walls were painted a sombre grey . |
| 24 | There were skins for flour , for rice , and small leather bags for salt . |
| 25 | There were mines for copper , lead , cobalt . |
| 26 | There were deeds for the family home in Jaffa , in the name of his father and dated 1 August 1930 , and a map of the Abu Khadras ' mortgaged orange orchards at Barqa around the Wadi al Gharbi on the road from Jaffa to Ashqelon . |
| 27 | If there were problems for the disabled they could be ironed out . |
| 28 | Admittedly , there were times for her when it all became too much , when the intrusion and the invasion were a strain . |
| 29 | In the semi-finals there were victories for Frocester from Gloucestershire … and Kington from Herefordshire … final is at Lords on Sunday week . |
| 30 | In the semi-finals there were victories for Frocester from Gloucestershire … and Kington from Herefordshire … final is at Lords on Sunday week . |