Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | Much of the time the principal performers were not even aware of what we were doing for them . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Two years later they bought another one , this time a brown standard poodle so they were company for each other . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They were murder for him , I could tell . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |