Example sentences of "were for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enemy prisoners and hurt could be left to find their way back to Roxburgh as best they could , stripped of their arms , armour and anything else worth having — although some of the mosstroopers were for slaying them out of hand . |
| 2 | In the same way it might consider with sister Training Boards what possibilities there were for training part-time farmers and their families in non-agricultural activities that would contribute to the rural community . |
| 3 | Many of those were for breaking into solicitors ' offices . |
| 4 | I WAS surprised to read in the article by Harry Mead ( Echo January 17 ) and your editorial ( January 20 ) where , after a careful scrutiny of the present troubles in Northern Ireland , both of your suggested conclusions were for accepting the defeatist attitude of the greater good subordinating itself to the prevalent evil . |
| 5 | ‘ Quite a few friends were starting families at that time and they were having real problems sorting out childcare , and I decided I 'd like to look at what opportunities there were for setting up in that field . ’ |
| 6 | The lifts were for transporting patients too sick to protest to departments on higher floors . |
| 7 | Friday afternoons were for easing up and winding down . |
| 8 | The higher success rates were for providing column headings in a table , around 85 per cent for supplying " thousands ' and " hundreds " given " tens " and " units " . |
| 9 | The highest success rates obtained ( 90–100 per cent ) were for answering simple questions about a calendar : on which days of the week were given dates and how many days there were in a given month . |
| 10 | Many there were for executing this weak nephew of their late King there and then ; but Moray , who was his kinsman , pleaded for his life with the Regent , and promised to stand surety for his better behaviour in the future . |
| 11 | Although there were more than 100 British nationals killed in the accident there was no provision at that time for a State with such an interest to participate , but knowing that the minister was bound to be asked by MPs in the House what arrangements there were for investigating the cause of death of so many UK citizens I telephoned my old friend Michel Vigier in paris with a formal request that we might send a UK observer . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've never been one for doctors , and hospitals were for visiting other people , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Although EEC policy is necessarily uniform for the Community as a whole , member governments are responsible for applying it in ways which are relevant to local problems , just as they were for identifying boundaries of their Less Favoured Areas in the first place . |
| 14 | Sundays were for sitting silently with a bible in front of you . |
| 15 | Some , including Field Marshal Lord Roberts , at one time Commander-in-Chief of the British Army , were for landing at Antwerp to sustain the Belgian Army and pose an inhibiting threat to the German right wing . |
| 16 | Other suggestions were for campaigning and . |
| 17 | Yes , I wanted to emphasise the way some men feel constrain before , not because I want to suggest it 's now becoming a problem for men and we should be worrying about them , but because you asked what prospects there were for doing something about it and I think if something 's to be done about it , and it 's a problem of everyone devising new standards of behaviour , it 's very important that quite large numbers of men should be prepared to play a part in trying to work out what these standards should be , and there is quite substantial interest in trying to do that , both at the level of the teaching staff at the university and at the level of the undergraduates . |
| 18 | They were , they were for grabbing stuff out for and stone cold general cargo , anything . |
| 19 | The celebrations were for having pulled it off , but it was also time for many people who had been involved in the project to leave . |
| 20 | In his book , Saturdays were for racing , betting and boozing — nothing else and he rarely strayed beyond the local corner pub . |
| 21 | Could you explain for the record what your reasons were for arriving at that conclusion ? |
| 22 | The four posts that were advertised were for planning activities for disadvantaged groups , for communications , for any idea that would ‘ assist in the development of McGregor Community College ’ and for home/school work . |