StringNet search result

Example sentences of "[det] was for [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	She followed him up the large curved staircase and decided that even if this was for one night only , she would be happy .
2	But this was for two flats .
3	erm it 's very interesting that in the Old Testament there 's no legislation about homelessness at all , which indicates it was n't a problem , and I suspect that this was for two reasons .
4	‘ I do n't know whether this was a fund-raising ploy or whether this was for real , ’ O'Boyle said , ‘ but I thought it was for real at the time . ’
5	Sometimes they stressed the usefulness to their own careers of studying a science degree , and this was for some the determining factor in choosing between science and arts .
6	to represent , to represent , this was for voluntary services .
7	I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning .
8	In the 19th century and into the 20th there were two Methodist chapels in the village and this was for those of the Primitive Methodist persuasion .
9	For example , one group focused specifically on the particular problems and needs of Asian parents , another was for older parents and carers , and several groups provided significant elements of direct service .
10	And in that time I really only ever had one proper job and that was for two weeks .
11	No that was for two of us .
12	That was for Cailean-A Rithist of Achnacloich , from Mrs Jane Nelson , Achnacloich , Connel , Argyll , and sold to Stewart Brown , Ringour , Castle Douglas .
13	and that was for that , then I had a letter back to say that we were having , there was too much money coming in a week for me to draw unemployment and then they , then a few days later I had this double page letter a big one that says you are entitled to no prescription help , X amount of pounds after erm eighty pounds per glasses you are responsible for the first eighty pound , we say that you can afford to pay that , so much on your teeth , if you 're visiting somebody in prison then you exceed a certain amount of mileage you can only get it if you exceed more than twenty five pound incurring , then I thought oh blow it , forget it , and I never done it , that all come to then , that 's why I wanted a ten of your wage , wage slips you remember now ?
14	But that was for bored husbands , and businessmen dating their secretaries .
15	Something peculiar was going on , that was for sure .
16	It was a comfortable place to spend your weekday evenings , that was for sure .
17	Morton was a cut above the average nob , that was for sure .
18	It was the last time she was going to take diet pills before a race , that was for sure .
19	Well , she was going to need a lot of help , that was for sure , and if someone took the trouble to put an advert in the tube , the least you could do was memorise the number .
20	He was n't going to go peacefully , that was for sure .
21	He could be a snooty bastard , old Shadwell , that was for sure .
22	It was not likely that he could be enticed in that time , that was for sure .
23	She 'd never sign up for marriage and mortgage , that was for sure .
24	It was unusual , that was for sure .
25	Evaporated the minute they had parted company with her and André , that was for sure .
26	He was n't married , that was for sure .
27	There was no point in remaining here , that was for sure .
28	I had n't asked for Rosa , that was for sure .
29	He was intending to go up West himself that evening , but hardly expected to meet McAllister when he did so , seeing that , for once , he was going out with his disreputable brother Stair , and God knew where they would end up — nowhere respectable , that was for sure .
30	He was well dressed in imitation of those whom he served , was clever and determined to make his way in life : he would not be Jared Tunstall 's chauffeur forever , that was for sure .