Example sentences of "was for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had couches on three sides ; the fourth was for serving . |
| 2 | If he had one talent above all — Alec Guinness has singled it out as his greatest gift — it was for reading verse with intelligence and passion . |
| 3 | His great enthusiasm was for sailing and in the vacations he would take parties of students on seafaring expeditions . |
| 4 | ( You did n't pour the contents of the ladle down your crack — that was for getting the shit out from under your nails . ) |
| 5 | The steward was not left to mourn that his bottles found no custom : there was treating and return treating , and one humble Highlander who could sing Gaelic songs was made the sink into which was poured the spirits bought by sundry odd pence ; and , to the satisfaction of those who deem it a noble accomplishment the filling a man drunk , this Celt was brought into that pitiable condition , and manifested the power of the spirits over his brain in rather a curious way , — he was for kissing all round . |
| 6 | Her own preference was for retracing Maurice 's route at first light in case he had suffered a breakdown or been involved in an accident . |
| 7 | Owen was for trying to get word through to Harry in his prison ; there were men in Leighton who had kin within the castle , and for the sake of Master Harry whom they remembered well might be willing to risk the carrying of a message . |
| 8 | ‘ The first was for saving you from a fate worse than death with Doreen — but what was the second reason ? ’ |
| 9 | Sunday school was a " must " for many of the children and the institution was for teaching the " three R's " as well as the obligatory religious instruction . |
| 10 | They all wore Peter Pan collars and thought cleavage was something butchers did , we were before vitamin , vitamin pills , disposal diapers , Q E one , jeeps , pizzas , instant coffee and Kentucky Fried was n't even thought of , in our day cigarette smoking was fashionable , grass was for mowing , pot was something you cooked in . |
| 11 | CCG 's first contract back in 1981 was for catering services for Shell on board the Stadrill . |
| 12 | The Book of Remembering was for remembering the animals but they had been dead for twenty thousand years . |
| 13 | When the team carried out a survey of clients ' needs , the most common request was for translating and interpreting services . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | When I rang your bank to query this , I was told that it was for supplying information and bank statements to District Audit and that you were going to apply this to all Parish Council accounts . |
| 16 | He was for going on at once , but I would stay ; so he said he would return to Mullinavat and wait for me in a bar there . |
| 17 | I was for resolving this phenomenon into ship-wrecks , and supposing that they might have been flung on these coasts out of some unhappy vessels ; but this solution of mine is absolutely denied , from the frequency and regularity of the appearance of these seeds . " |
| 18 | I was for resolving this phenomenon into ship-wrecks , and supposing that they might have been flung on these coasts out of some unhappy vessels ; but this solution of mine is absolutely denied , from the frequency and regularity of the appearance of these seeds . " |
| 19 | And erm then er again I did n't think that you were going to go through the authority needs and , and bit then you , you went through it very quickly but then I , I think it was for wrapping it up for the video not the way that you of usually done it |
| 20 | As the 1987 Vienna OPEC conference approached , there was further talk of a price increase , although the mainstream preference was for waiting until demand stood at a level capable of sustaining one . |
| 21 | The only payment I received was for travelling expenses from COHSE . |
| 22 | ‘ Fretting clay ’ was for making the crucible in which the glass was melted , and the ‘ moolds ’ were wooden moulds lined with wax . |
| 23 | The City and Guilds 201 certificate was for doing a course on the theory and practical aspects of machining and was presented by the director general of Lincoln Technology College , John A Barnes . |
| 24 | Yeah , that was for doing your washing |
| 25 | Three pounds that was for doing four of those long lengths you know and , and a short one |
| 26 | And you say in in in this class , this is when you first went to school they had a sandpit , this was for playing in ? |
| 27 | The highest was for measuring an angle of 30- , 72 per cent of the lowest band , 83 per cent of the middle and 90 per cent of the top band of pupils giving the correct answer . |
| 28 | The committal order was for failing to attend court for examination of his means in proceedings to enforce judgement debts against him . |
| 29 | The other medal was for coming second in a canoe race . |
| 30 | However , the electorate did not trust the Conservatives on full employment policy , and this feeling was confirmed by the aggressive anti-socialist tenor of the election campaign , when the rallying cry was for decontrol as quickly as possible . |