Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we nearly come under it er were only for the Yanks . |
| 2 | ‘ Only to an expert in family relationships — and I know you were away for the weekend ! ’ |
| 3 | It was July and still light , but most of the better-off inhabitants of this end of Sauchiehall Street were away for the summer . |
| 4 | " We thought you were away for the week-end , " she said . |
| 5 | These measures were more for the maintenance of the industry than to save whales . |
| 6 | The other sonatas — No. 4 was written in Los Angeles in 1948 and the next two have not been published — were often for the composer to play himself . |
| 7 | Loans made during the 1950s were mainly for the development of infrastructure , such as transport and electric power schemes . |
| 8 | These were mainly for the purpose of reinforcement or ‘ aides-memoires ’ , but they sometimes represent an effort to extend the orientation into some more substantial instruction . |
| 9 | The picnics were originally for the printers " and their families " , but once large numbers of young women were employed , they seem to have taken on a more youthful atmosphere , and became good opportunities for courtship . |
| 10 | He explained that were her speech a success , she would be paid well for comment and pictures provided they were exclusively for the use of the True Brit . |
| 11 | A good many were there for the fun , rather than any dedication to the anti-Fascist cause . |
| 12 | They were there for the convenience of rail passengers . |
| 13 | Black Babies were there for the saving . |
| 14 | Ill omens were there for the taking . |
| 15 | Well , disappointment for Oxford United ; Charlton were there for the taking , United let them off the hook . |
| 16 | Luckily he was wholly for the Ashleys . |
| 17 | It was enough for the Church that a corpse had been presented for burial . |
| 18 | This was enough for the Home Secretary to send the case back for a fourth hearing to the Court of Appeal , with the recommendation that they summon Mathews as a witness to test his credibility . |
| 19 | That performance was enough for the bookmakers to make The Fellow favourite for this afternoon 's big one . |
| 20 | Twenty pounds of butter was enough for the lease of two and a half desiatiny of land for five years.l Five pudy of linseed cake were exchanged for the approaching harvest of a desiatin of wheat . |
| 21 | The majority decision was enough for the BAF to rule that the 22-year-old Croydon sprinter , who was found positive in an out-of-competition test just before the Olympics , remains banned until 1996 . |
| 22 | Again , while the cry for disestablishment was not a major factor in the political make-up of Hughes or Perks , it was so for the bulk of the movement 's leaders , men like C. A. Berry , Alexander Mackennal , John Clifford , J. B. Paton , A. T. Guttery , W. J. Townsend , C. Silvester Home , R. F. Horton , J. H. Hollowell , J. Carvell Williams , J. E. Ellis , Henry Broadhurst , J. Compton Rickett , Albert Spicer and W. P. Hartley . |
| 23 | The West Midlands and Cleveland County came up with £300,000 and £250,000 respectively , and that was all for the rest of England — a paltry £885,000 compared with the £2,325,000 raised from just twelve London boroughs . |
| 24 | He was all for the idea , and we exchanged addresses . |
| 25 | Come along , " Aunt Tossie was all for the fun of the fair . |
| 26 | Macmillan replied urbanely that he was all for the plan , adding : |
| 27 | This included having to study rod sizes , materials and changes in the amounts of electrical current to see how the effect depended on these , which was all for the future . |
| 28 | Owen was all for the Agreement . |
| 29 | The grand master of ceremonies , Amir Aslan Afshar , was all for the Shah 's keeping or selling his personal plane . |
| 30 | It was only for the benefit of anyone who might be watching , she reminded herself grimly , but she could n't ignore the tremor of longing deep within her , a longing almost too strong to contain . |