Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cows were inside for most of the year , being out for only 4–6 weeks . |
| 2 | We could hear them banging about , shifting things and wondered nervously if we were in for another move . |
| 3 | I should n't be surprised if we were in for some more snow . ’ |
| 4 | I thought we were in for some stability . |
| 5 | Oh yeah , it 's getting quite cold , I reckon were in for some snow . |
| 6 | You were away for all of it ? |
| 7 | The two older girls had already begun boarding school , so were away for most of the time , and Charles was only three and easily amused by the nanny . |
| 8 | I thought you were over for that |
| 9 | Well , I think all I can do is to reiterate that this road would not be considered for construction at all at this stage if it was n't for the probable re-siting of the erm transfer station and therefore we would not be looking at any aspect of it at this time if it were not for that . |
| 10 | If it were not for such giving the burden on the formal services and on tax payers would be far greater . |
| 11 | But even Vézelay and Conques were not for most pilgrims ends in themselves . |
| 12 | In fact they were off for most trials . |
| 13 | Fish and chips , council housing , State pensions and holidays at home were out for all the young . |
| 14 | If it were n't for that bloody fire , you 'd never ‘ a ’ brought that damned woman and her brats to this house . ’ |
| 15 | Weenie would be normal enough , I think , if it were n't for that . |
| 16 | If it were n't for this job creation scheme I 'd be on the rubbish tip |
| 17 | But if these men who had split into two parties were here for some heist or scam , they were being slow about it , for they sat calmly in silence , one of them in the seat next to Jarvis , a dusty-looking , very ordinary , middle-aged man in a voyeur 's dun-coloured raincoat . |
| 18 | It meant they were here for some time . |
| 19 | yeah but it can , it , it used to be absolutely horrendous at the Tyne Tees valley , well the , you were there for that were n't you ? |
| 20 | The results were there for all to see ’ . |
| 21 | Moreover , the results of science in the form of gas-lighting , electric telegraphs , synthetic dyes and railways were there for all to see . |
| 22 | The opportunities for social advance were there for all to grasp , but in practice most had to be content with their station in life . |
| 23 | The card and flowers were there for several hours . |
| 24 | and you were there for half past five . |
| 25 | No , you said you were there for half past five , because you had to get there before half past five in order to book it . |
| 26 | You just automatically got up in the morning , jumped in your car , went to work , you were there for half six , sun shone , cup of tea , read the Sun , sit down , get on your lathe , have your break at ten o'clock , lunch time , have your meal and then you have a game of football outside in the car park or whatever , and you had a daily little routine . |
| 27 | A relatively high proportion of those in other types of home were there for less than a month . |
| 28 | They were there for most of the morning . |
| 29 | What other openings were there for these girls ? |
| 30 | Yet even in those halcyon days the signs of trouble were there for those with the will to see them : the multi-media and multi-disciplinary avant-gardes were beginning to show up every NEA programme area ; the clamour for the funding of life-styles rather than art as traditionally defined was becoming louder , and the accepted definitions of art and the arts were everywhere coming under attack in grant applications as well as in panels . |