Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Efforts to control whaling between the wars was said to be for the purposes of resource conservation ; that they were really concerned with managing the flow of whale oil through international markets . |
| 2 | Then she thought how tiring it was going to be for the rest of her life trying to be the Wise Woman all the time . |
| 3 | If she was going to decline Mr O'Hara 's proposal , it was going to be for that very reason . |
| 4 | She was told that the charge was going to be for four days and Ganley was going to save the business . |
| 5 | After Tommy any change was bound to be for the worse , but really ! |
| 6 | In July it was disclosed that the Soviet Union was owed the equivalent of 87,500 million ( 25 per cent in convertible currencies ) , but much of this was believed to be for arms sales to poorer countries who were unable to repay it . |