Example sentences of "it was [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the right job did turn up , it was relief for the frustrated star , but it also signalled the end of his marriage . |
| 2 | Every house had one or two people who were over forty-five and it was misery for them . |
| 3 | It was money for old rope . |
| 4 | Say it was night for instance . |
| 5 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 6 | ‘ What did you think it was Gary for ? |
| 7 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by civilised preliminaries such as visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners . |
| 8 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners |
| 9 | In Spain it was £15–25 for landing and parking , since the first band of charges covers aircraft up to five tonnes for landing and two tonnes for parking . |
| 10 | It was work for her now , dealing with the bitch and the male accomplice in Newington Butts . |
| 11 | It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband . |
| 12 | But the committee was hopelessly divided on what it meant by Christian hope — whether it was hope for peace and perfection in this world , or hope for a future life , or hope only of forgiveness at the last . |
| 13 | But as Bill celebrated it was curtains for George and Barbara Bush … from West Derby . |
| 14 | No , it was clothes for the living as far as I was concerned . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | As for me it was preparation for Morning Service at 10.30 am . |
| 17 | My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames . |
| 18 | However , on one 's first appearance in the office in the morning it was etiquette for all , even key holders , to enter through the front door and use the front staircase . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | ‘ I think it was agony for her often , the balance between No 1 and No 2 . |
| 21 | Nevertheless the Spanish translation of Rousseau 's Social Contract could appeal to a ‘ son of Padilla ’ ; it was enthusiasm for the parliamentary institutions of medieval Spain which allowed the Cortes of Cadiz to present a constitution , founded on the constitutions of Revolutionary France , as the culmination of the ‘ true ’ constitutional development of Spain . |
| 22 | ‘ But during the Gaullist years , people said it was propaganda for De Gaulle , ’ he sighs , weary of denying either political message or moralising . |
| 23 | But it was murder for Francis , who said : ‘ I thought a European tie would be easier than the Premier League — but I miscalculated . |
| 24 | It was hell for McColgan as she was picked off in the run-in for a consolation bronze . |
| 25 | And then it was thanks for the drinks and time to get back as another gang of wallies was booked in for one o'clock . |
| 26 | It was victory for Hereford , but death for Halifax . |
| 27 | Indeed it was cause for pride in this area . |
| 28 | You would think it was cause for a massive celebration . |
| 29 | But Japhet ( she knew it was Japhet for the name was printed in little letters on his tee-shirt ) was nobody but Finn himself , perfect down to the squint , in blue jeans . |
| 30 | The friend replies that it was A. For Wigner the electron 's wavepacket then collapses into the state in which the spin is definitely " up " . |