Example sentences of "was for their " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But it would spoil the illusion if all the merrymakers were to think that their spending bonanza was for their own satisfaction . |
| 2 | This no doubt guaranteed their trustworthiness to their new comrades and may well have persuaded them that if communism was for their brothers then it would do for them too . |
| 3 | They might eat fruit and vegetables and dairy products but that was for their health , not because they liked them . |
| 4 | Gloucester Place seemed awash with the carriages of other guests attending the ball and Emily chafed as she sat waiting impatiently to move on , watched by ladies ' maids and servants of the lower orders who seemed to think that the spectacle was for their pleasure . |
| 5 | Shortly after they reached her apartment in Belgravia the standard procedure was for their mother to burst into tears . |
| 6 | This father insisted that all they wanted was for their children to receive a schooling based on English traditions and values . |
| 7 | If he could see the sense behind Darwin 's arguments , it is unlikely that his subscribers would ; and it was for their tastes that he catered . |
| 8 | He says it was for their funeral but now they 've got nothing . |
| 9 | ‘ Everything they did was for their business . |