Example sentences of "[verb] was for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such French capital as Poland managed to secure was for specific projects like the new port at Gdynia — which was encouraged by the French to discomfort the Germans as much as to aid the Poles . |
| 2 | George Headley and Learie Constantine were the giants of the early Test years who did most to establish the team ; Garfield Sobers was for twenty years the supreme all-rounder of the game 's history ; Clive Lloyd devised the concept of a quartet of pace bowlers who would carry all relentlessly before them . |
| 3 | Sentence of death was passed on 8 convicts at the Old Bailey , 4 of whom were executed on 15 Feb. : ‘ One of those who suffered was for robbing a farmer 's boy of sixpence . ’ |
| 4 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 5 | Everything he had done was for this final purpose , " that I might dwell among them " ( Exodus 29:43–46 ) . |
| 6 | Everything he had ever done was for the woman he could not forget . |
| 7 | ‘ The first day 's threshing I done was for a man by the name of Rogers , Harry Rogers . |
| 8 | The lease negotiated was for twenty years at a rental of £20,000 subject to possible increases up to a maximum of £22,000 . |
| 9 | The first play they mounted was for Alan and his family — to celebrate the completion of the pageant . |
| 10 | The data prepared was for directories such as Crockford 's Clerical Directory and the OUP General Catalogue . |
| 11 | The only payment I received was for travelling expenses from COHSE . |
| 12 | All that was needed was for someone to take Rowland 's ascetic vision/version of soul fanaticism and commandeer it for political ends . |
| 13 | What was needed was for the Government to spend much more money , in a more caring fashion . |
| 14 | What was needed was for us to get together with an arbitrator . |
| 15 | All that was needed was for one kind of film to do well at the box-office and a new Hollywood format would be established . |
| 16 | Perhaps , as Ho said later , all that was needed was for the French to pronounce one word : independence ; but on both sides this was the most fraught and emotional issue . |
| 17 | Much of the cider produced was for local consumption , with farmers bringing in their cartloads of apples for processing . |
| 18 | The only way in which it could have been avoided was for de Gaulle to change his style of leadership . |
| 19 | In Scotland the pattern followed was for Regional Councils and constituent Districts . |
| 20 | What followed was for Charlotte a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience . |
| 21 | The other bearers took the traditional view that the right thing to do was for Yussuf to get rid of her and find another one ; but for reasons known only to himself Yussuf was reluctant to do this . |
| 22 | The last thing South Africa needed was for tourists , especially British tourists , to be murdered on the beaches . |
| 23 | Their private parts were firmly jammed in the wringer and all it needed was for somebody to the rescue . |
| 24 | All it needed was for the envelope to be stuck down . |
| 25 | Luke Calder was used to getting what he wanted from life , and the last thing she needed was for him to turn his sights on to her , even though it might only be to put her back in her place ! |
| 26 | Until she 'd made up her mind one way or the other , the last thing she needed was for rumours of an imminent retirement from music to start circulating . |
| 27 | The last thing she needed was for the plane to go without her . |
| 28 | Little damage had been done , all it needed was for the cargo to be reassembled , but , while several tourists were rushing energetically around attempting to do this , the drivers of the carts had taken time off to chat . |
| 29 | For example , all the competitors had to blow into what resembled a gas meter and the capacity of the lung was recorded , I failed to see the point of this exercise , and that , with other medical experiements , only fired my resolve to upset the doctors ' wager , which I believe was for a box of cigars . |
| 30 | But the whole point of Pam being there , my being fostered , was if I could n't cope was for her to take over . |