Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | ‘ Talking of freedom , ’ James said , ‘ Kate and I were wondering what you were doing for Christmas . ’ |
| 4 | And think of the climate — more people will want to spend their holidays with you than when you were MP for Ribble Valley . ’ |
| 5 | After towing them back to their ship we were friends for life and the word soon went round the fleet . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But however that 's the way things went and er we were distributors for the Morris for Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
| 9 | ‘ People thought we were idiots for a long time , ’ remembers Kelly . |
| 10 | Much of the time the principal performers were not even aware of what we were doing for them . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Advertising members of the family as if they were houses for sale |
| 13 | Sometimes they were illustrations for serious study or important social statements . |
| 14 | They were canvassers for the Bah á'; í Faith . |
| 15 | No there 's they were , they were called but they were agents for their own ships . |
| 16 | They were agents for Edinburgh Collieries Co. , Arniston Coal Co. , Hirst Coal Co. and Birkley Coal Co to name but a few . |
| 17 | er they were agents for these papers for any news |
| 18 | Two years later they bought another one , this time a brown standard poodle so they were company for each other . |
| 19 | Like the French cathedrals , they were Bibles for those who could not read . |
| 20 | Like the frottole they were music for a wide public and , as with the frottole , the printing-presses multiplied their popularity by producing them in alternative forms . |
| 21 | Our crews felt no great satisfaction when Pakistani nationals were intercepted on these operations , rather they were subjects for sympathy . |
| 22 | But he , that other bloke , he said they were briquettes for eight pound thirty did n't he ? |
| 23 | They were colleagues for a year , during which time Mellanby no doubt formed a very definite appraisal of Florey 's abilities . |
| 24 | They were murder for him , I could tell . ’ |
| 25 | At first it were good because it were incentive for her to keep going because she 'd , you know , paid so much but toward the end , she said , it were getting ridiculous . |