Example sentences of "was [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 2 | It was not long after that , though , that the rain decided once again to make an appearance and Ven decreed that it was in for the rest of the day . |
| 3 | But in the country as a whole , the number of skiers was down for the third year running , and was no higher than 12 years ago ( see chart on next page ) . |
| 4 | I was along for the ride . |
| 5 | The revolution-that-might-have-been was over for the day . |
| 6 | School was over for the day and Sara had expected Jenny to arrive before this . |
| 7 | When Dustin told Brooks that he was up for the part in The Graduate , Mel said , ‘ But you 're an ugly little rat . |
| 8 | ANNETTE BENING : ‘ I was up for the part of a prostitute in Dangerous Liaisons , the one whose backside John Malkovich uses to write a letter . |
| 9 | In fact , it was while he was up for the interview that he read in The Times the advertisement that had brought him to Burleigh : |
| 10 | ‘ She was up for the entire morning , and this afternoon she must rest . |
| 11 | Ms McCarthy was out for the evening with a friend , Stacey Gallacher , when they heard that acid house partygoers were meeting on Clapham Common . |
| 12 | The teachers could n't ask Frank where his mother might be because his class was out for the day on a Project Course . |
| 13 | She was about to risk departing for an early lunch , a move which she would not have dared to make if Miss Coldharbour had been in the office , but Julia gathered she was out for the morning and not expected in until two fifteen . |