Example sentences of "[pron] was [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ If he had any idea of what she was doing for us , MoD does n't want it spread around . |
| 5 | There were more puris — a whole basketful — eaten with hot spicy potatoes , fried in mustard oil brought back from Aula , and there was rice for everyone , and an emerald green soup of wild young ka kani leaves . |
| 6 | The library was empty except for an elderly man pottering in Biography and a couple of schoolchildren in the reference section ; there was opportunity for what Joyce called a natter , and no escaping it . |
| 7 | There was work for everyone . |
| 8 | Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy . |
| 9 | Suddenly there was work for everybody and the deaf community took full advantage of this change of climate , as reported in the 1944 annual report : The effect of the war on industry has given the deaf and dumb opportunities such as they had never enjoyed for many years and it is with great pleasure that the committee places on record the excellent work the deaf Have done . |
| 10 | Her car was a red MG with the hood down , parked closely ; there was room for her to get in , but not for him . |
| 11 | He heaved again at the floor plate and there was room for his feet to slide down towards the blurred stones between the sleepers . |
| 12 | Well I should say yes they would , I should say there was trouble for them obviously when it was reported . |
| 13 | The early inhabitants had to go where there was grass for their animals to feed on and this mobile existence dictated that the home was some form of tent . |
| 14 | The early inhabitants had to go where there was grass for their animals to feed on and this mobile existence dictated that the home was some form of tent . |
| 15 | Work , sport and social activities ran easily side by side , There was time for them all — after I 'd absorbed father 's time-mentality . |
| 16 | There is a flat at the top of our house where our younger son and his wife had lived until Mark was a year old , so there was accommodation for them : they need n't be homeless even if they were penniless ! |
| 17 | There was food for his enfeebled eyes . |
| 18 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
| 19 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by civilised preliminaries such as visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners . |
| 20 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners |
| 21 | It was work for her now , dealing with the bitch and the male accomplice in Newington Butts . |
| 22 | It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband . |
| 23 | Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves . |
| 24 | No it was n't just eggs though it was erm like salads and there was steak , you could have one meal a day , right , but it was eggs for your breakfast , eggs for your dinner , your lunch |
| 25 | ‘ I think it was agony for her often , the balance between No 1 and No 2 . |
| 26 | After the fun and games of the Cheranganis it was time for something a bit more serious , so we headed for Mount Elgon , in the far west of the country , straddling the border between Kenya and Uganda . |
| 27 | Then , when the show was over and it was time for everyone to wake up and go home , they opened up the roof — the whole thing rolls back to one side . |
| 28 | It was time for her afternoon appointment . |
| 29 | It was time for me to disappear . |
| 30 | At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other . |