Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] was [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weber 's photographs were given display that was unprecedented for anyone in fashion , particularly someone so young . " |
| 2 | Then I realised this was unusual for an owl , because in the wild they tend to swallow their prey whole , so I simply stopped holding on to the chick and soon she was gobbling it up in one . |
| 3 | And I found months and months after that most of the boys that got on there had their fathers work there , who went to the office , or asked the Butties , they used to talk about Butties in the pit , and I found this was short for deputy . |
| 4 | What happened next was tailor-made for the crafty Prost . |
| 5 | It seems this was insufficient for , ‘ despite playing pluckily , they were no match ! ’ |
| 6 | It 's been revealed that a prostitute who was found murdered was responsible for an eight year old boy dying of a drugs overdose . |
| 7 | I thought that was nice for the boys . |
| 8 | I thought that was important for the long-term development of a band . |
| 9 | As the gap between the rich and the poor was perceived to be widening , students felt this was bad for them and the country as a whole . |
| 10 | Standing still was important for if the conker was swaying about , the striker had a free go . |
| 11 | In addition , Richards has indicated the strength of the connection between cremation urns and the deceased as there appears to have been ‘ a collective conception of the urn form that was appropriate for the burial of a person of a particular age , sex , ethnic , totemic , or other social grouping ’ ( Richards 1982 , p. 43 ) . |