Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] were for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mostly they were for acts of right and grace , for example the granting of overdue wages or expenses , but a significant minority concerned complaints against royal and other officers . |
| 2 | That particular luxury did not appear until M. Georges Nagelmackers had copied Mr Pullman and introduced them in 1883 , and even then they were for the rich who could afford to travel on the ‘ Orient Express ’ . |
| 3 | She was , in any case , not sure how they were , or how they were for her . |
| 4 | The private sector did n't know where you were for two years . |
| 5 | I had suggested in the note that , as it was then three-fifteen , rather than their breaking camp , one of them should drive back and take me to where they were for the night and back to the village next morning . |
| 6 | They buried the bodies of those who had died on the boat , but had to leave the others where they were for grypesh could be seen prowling on the bank . |