Example sentences of "[vb past] to be for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All her concern seemed to be for Terry 's family , especially his mother , and Anne was even more surprised when Sarah refused to go back to the house with her . |
| 2 | The more Jane Holt mulled things over in her mind , the less cause there seemed to be for alarm . |
| 3 | Maggie had n't even taken notes , and most of Mitch 's shots seemed to be for pleasure . |
| 4 | The precedent suggests the inclusion of a plan and , while it is suggested that where the premises are clearly defined there is no necessity for a plan , there is little doubt that a plan stated to be for identification purposes ( and thereby preventing the plan from prevailing over the verbal description ) is advisable . |
| 5 | Both bought a gratifyingly large number of things before passing on to the next stall , where Miss Pettigrew sat behind pyramids of tinned food , most of which , on closer inspection , proved to be for cats . |
| 6 | Sometimes biblical chant sounds too much like adaptation from simple anthropological textbooks , but we can see at any rate the exemplification of the way in which Lawrence 's ‘ capering redskins ’ had to be for Eliot now ‘ Life ’ but ‘ not the last word , only the first ’ . |
| 7 | It is true that the carefully authentic material has to be explained more fully than it had to be for readers of Marryat 's day , who could be supposed to possess a modicum of previous knowledge of naval affairs . |
| 8 | She had to be for St Cecilia as I hoped she would share my love of music and would know the lullaby Mr Vinct had composed for her . |