Example sentences of "[verb] was for " in BNC.
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31 | The Foxley Wood project from Consortium Developments which Mr Patten 's predecessor said he was ‘ minded ’ to allow was for 4,800 new houses in a large shallow quarry and conifer plantation . |
32 | ‘ All the same , ’ she said , ‘ all I meant was for her to break a leg . ’ |
33 | The last thing I would have wanted was for you to become emotionally involved with me . ’ |
34 | The last thing she had wanted was for Luke to make a pass at her . |
35 | All it took was for one saleslady to tell her she looked lovely and Mrs McMahon was persuaded . |
36 | Anythin' I ever did was for me family . |
37 | It was a tradition that avoided any real contemplation of the root causes of German unease ; their preference for ‘ action ’ , rested secure in the knowledge that everything they did was for the good of the nation , sanctioned by law and sanctioned by the German people . |
38 | But the last thing I did was for a guitar player in Nashville , Chip Young , who put together an album — which incidentally is getting released pretty soon — and he has ten tracks with ten different guests : local session players , myself , Chet 's on one , Grady Martin , Jerry Reed , Jerry Kennedy , Wayne Moss and various other guys , but I think guitar players out there will like it . ’ |
39 | ‘ Everything they did was for their business . |
40 | The only mortgage I 'd get was for twenty odd thousand . |
41 | Well we 've had a go well I think it was for erm some sort of I think was for multiple sclerosis |
42 | That look I think was for when he next meets Gareth Gilcock . |
43 | The mine I always pictured was for lead , |
44 | All that was left was for her to undress him . |
45 | When I was a bit older , I thought he was probably a thief and that the bag he carried was for the loot . ’ |
46 | In fact , although the manual supplied with the machine I purchased was for a KH710 , the machine turned out to be a KH585 , possibly an earlier model . |
47 | One option that had been canvassed was for staffing ratios and care standards merely to be maintained rather than improved as the hospitals declined . |
48 | Where was that bungalow that you said was for sale then ? |
49 | It is possible that one of the epitaphs Leapor wrote was for Mary Freemantle , rather than for her own mother as first seems likely [ ML , 1 , 263 ] . |
50 | First good watch I had was for my twenty first , I 've still got , it still goes |
51 | It was no secret that Jahsaxa monitored Zambia 's quarters : the cameras were blatantly undisguised , which Jahsaxa had insisted was for Zambia 's own safety . |
52 | All I did n't want to happen was for him to become violent , which I did n't think was ever on the cards . |
53 | Often the only way for that to happen was for those already in the cities to move out and for those contemplating a move in not to come . |
54 | Every female role he made was for his wife , even though she was well past her prime ; Semenyaka 's youth was wasted stepping into others ' shoes . |
55 | I was saying that the proportion of advertising expenditure given was for that in the two lowest tar groups , which was rather less than the proportion of total sales . |
56 | But did you realize that dare was for you ? |
57 | All that remained was for the Lord Chancellor by statutory instrument to appoint a day for s9 to come into effect . |
58 | I have was for many years the national chairman of the Association of Independent Businesses . |
59 | At this stage Hitler 's plans were still fluid , but the last thing he wanted was for the useful Danzig problem to be solved . |
60 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |