Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ( Almost , she thought afterwards , as if it were done for her . ) |
2 | Black clouds were rolling up over the forest to his right , which now looked hostile , as though it were waiting for him to make a false move ; to tall perhaps , so that it could advance and swallow him , like a wild animal . |
3 | Poland was condemned because it was not a proper nation-state , but it was condemned for its efforts to become one . |
4 | It was condemned for its ‘ two-dimensional characters ’ ( Mayne 1961:316 ) , lack of ‘ moral passion ’ ( Bergonzi 1961:297 ) , lack of profundity ( Price 1961:332 ) , ‘ misanthropic spleen ’ , and smugness ( Hope 1961:1486 ) . |
5 | Living at home it was arranged for her . |
6 | ‘ As I was blind , it was arranged for me to stay at the organiser 's house . |
7 | To write a feature story on the Inaugural First Flight it was arranged for me to join the westbound plane at Moose Jaw and telegraph back the story from Calgary . |
8 | You 'd g had to parade on the Sunday erm for weapon training , and one Sunday we earlier on , we had n't fired a rifle , so it was arranged for us to fire a rifle at a rifle range . |
9 | it was decided for me . |
10 | Originally it was planned for them to eliminate enemies of the Islamic Republic , but this mission was deemed more important . |
11 | ‘ I can not say that it was withdrawn for its political content . ’ |
12 | The Nobel committee said it was given for their work towards a peaceful ending of apartheid and for laying the foundation for a democratic South Africa . |
13 | Even as he sensed his incapacity to make such a choice , it was made for him . |
14 | Summing up a custom-made guitar , especially when it was made for no-one in particular , is a difficult task at the best of times . |
15 | ‘ Yes , well as you will appreciate , this is the spare uniform that fits me best , i.e. , it was made for someone only three inches shorter than I am . |
16 | Delaney thought about it , and decided it did n't make sense , unless it was looking for something that it badly needed . |
17 | ‘ I thought the longer it went on , the better it was looking for me . ’ |
18 | It was looking for me . |
19 | The little tern 's numbers have been threatened since Victorian times when it was hunted for its snow-white plumage . |
20 | Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten . |
21 | Its wool was not as fine as that of Merinos from Spain , or the southern hemisphere , but it was noted for its hardiness and foraging ability . |
22 | In the early years of the twentieth century it was noted for its hardiness and the bullocks ' ability to feed to heavy weights , while the cows won many Royal Show prizes for butterfat yields , though the quantity of milk was low . |
23 | It was noted for its lively horse and cattle fairs . |
24 | As well as printing bibles , it was noted for its support of culture and scholarship north of the border , with publications including the first Gaelic translation of the New Testament , MacPherson 's Ossian , and Jamieson 's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language . |
25 | Introduced in the Sixties , it was noted for its strong alloy shaft and the fact that it was safer to don a truss before swinging it too energetically . |
26 | It was needed for his marriage to Sharon Richardson , 22 . |
27 | It was striking for its insistence on the role of the Holy Spirit , but equally remarkable for its firmly identifying the Roman Catholic Church with the body of Christ . |
28 | because he went on so much and then it was bought for him . |
29 | it was erm it was bought for us in July ah July |
30 | The fact that it was used for his or another 's use could be established by questions and answers between the police and the defendant . |