Example sentences of "[vb past] was for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | The lease negotiated was for twenty years at a rental of £20,000 subject to possible increases up to a maximum of £22,000 . |
| 3 | The first play they mounted was for Alan and his family — to celebrate the completion of the pageant . |
| 4 | The only payment I received was for travelling expenses from COHSE . |
| 5 | In Scotland the pattern followed was for Regional Councils and constituent Districts . |
| 6 | What followed was for Charlotte a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience . |
| 7 | The last thing South Africa needed was for tourists , especially British tourists , to be murdered on the beaches . |
| 8 | Their private parts were firmly jammed in the wringer and all it needed was for somebody to the rescue . |
| 9 | All it needed was for the envelope to be stuck down . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The last thing she needed was for the plane to go without her . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ All the same , ’ she said , ‘ all I meant was for her to break a leg . ’ |
| 15 | All it took was for one saleslady to tell her she looked lovely and Mrs McMahon was persuaded . |
| 16 | Anythin' I ever did was for me family . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Everything they did was for their business . |
| 20 | The mine I always pictured was for lead , |
| 21 | When I was a bit older , I thought he was probably a thief and that the bag he carried was for the loot . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Where was that bungalow that you said was for sale then ? |
| 24 | 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 ] . |
| 25 | First good watch I had was for my twenty first , I 've still got , it still goes |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | All that remained was for the Lord Chancellor by statutory instrument to appoint a day for s9 to come into effect . |
| 28 | At this stage Hitler 's plans were still fluid , but the last thing he wanted was for the useful Danzig problem to be solved . |
| 29 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |
| 30 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |