Example sentences of "say [pron] [was/were] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They just stopped him from choking the life out of bobby Carter because he had said everybody was for the war : if we did n't show them Russians what was what , who would ? |
| 2 | It was a little Mini van that he ran around in saying it was for the band but really he had it because he thought it was ‘ a good shagging mobile ’ with just enough space in the back for ‘ entertaining ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ They said it was for the best , ’ said Gloria . |
| 4 | Close colleagues who had decided he had to go said it was for the ‘ greater good ’ of the party . |
| 5 | The judge refused to grant an injunction , and said it was for the valuer to decide whether to proceed or not , and that the president of the RICS owed no duty to the parties not to make an appointment . |
| 6 | In his summing-up , the judge said it was for the jury to decide if Christopher How had been dishonest . |
| 7 | A little fat guy came in and said he was for the card game in Room 42 . |
| 8 | Of course she could say it was for the children , as people always did … |