Example sentences of "were for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were they really ruling huge areas of land when my family 's ambitions were for nothing grander than the next meal and the work to pay for it ? |
| 2 | Cigarettes were placed on the table in front of you which meant that they were for everybody . |
| 3 | He wrote girls ' phone numbers in the back of the book so that she would think the stars were for something else if she snooped around . |
| 4 | These biscuits were for somebody else , were n't they ? |
| 5 | But you remember how intense your feelings were for someone who was your whole life , and you 're afraid that your love for him is n't so much dead as lying doggo , ready to rise up and damage everything you hold dear . |