Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/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 | I would have given my right arm to have achieved such an agreement when I was Minister for Aviation between 1984 and 1987 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I was secretary for seven year eh . |
| 6 | Twelve and thirteen and I was cook for four years there . |
| 7 | " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him . |
| 8 | ‘ Talking of freedom , ’ James said , ‘ Kate and I were wondering what you were doing for Christmas . ’ |
| 9 | And think of the climate — more people will want to spend their holidays with you than when you were MP for Ribble Valley . ’ |
| 10 | From 1919 to 1948 she was secretary for social training there , and later published privately a booklet on its history . |
| 11 | She was minister for social action in the Pol Pot era and is regarded as one of the main theoreticians of the party . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Despite her love of exercise , her health had been poor since her early adulthood and she was bedridden for many years . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She was agent for Sir Ian Wrigglesworth ( SDP ) in 1987 General Election . |
| 16 | Suddenly she was doing for silver-haired women of matronly stature what Joan Collins had done for the middle aged . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ If he had any idea of what she was doing for us , MoD does n't want it spread around . |
| 19 | After towing them back to their ship we were friends for life and the word soon went round the fleet . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But however that 's the way things went and er we were distributors for the Morris for Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
| 23 | ‘ People thought we were idiots for a long time , ’ remembers Kelly . |
| 24 | Much of the time the principal performers were not even aware of what we were doing for them . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Advertising members of the family as if they were houses for sale |
| 27 | Sometimes they were illustrations for serious study or important social statements . |
| 28 | They were canvassers for the Bah á'; í Faith . |
| 29 | No there 's they were , they were called but they were agents for their own ships . |
| 30 | They were agents for Edinburgh Collieries Co. , Arniston Coal Co. , Hirst Coal Co. and Birkley Coal Co to name but a few . |