Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [noun sg] 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 Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them .
6 It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by civilised preliminaries such as visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners .
7 It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners
8 It was work for her now , dealing with the bitch and the male accomplice in Newington Butts .
9 It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband .
10 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 .
11 ‘ I think it was agony for her often , the balance between No 1 and No 2 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 It was time for her afternoon appointment .
15 It was time for me to disappear .
16 At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other .
17 I could see that it was time for me to make the tea .
18 ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way .
19 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
20 Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home .
21 Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave .
22 Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania .
23 It was time for me to go .
24 I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return .
25 After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School .
26 The half-hour eventually crawled round , then it was time for me to go and get ready .
27 ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’
28 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
29 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
30 Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital .
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