Example sentences of "was for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emergency plan was for Giles , fingers crossed , to take the tube from Heathrow to Hammersmith , where we 'd be waiting to pick him up . |
| 2 | Here slept Carl and Louis in one of them ; the other was for Sam , Jerry , and me : all five boys in one room . |
| 3 | How much of this savage attack was for Theo 's ears only and how much of it was actually voiced is not clear . |
| 4 | The men 's singles final was an all West Green affair , as it was for Woodhall farm last year . |
| 5 | As I heard more stories about the measuring rod , not just from Alec but from other boys as well , I began to realise that it would be as big a problem for me as it always was for Alec . |
| 6 | A UK Foreign Ministry spokesperson responded on the same day by saying that it was for Iran to make the first gesture and that the UK would " not accept Iranian intervention in [ its ] internal affairs " . |
| 7 | The flag was for Italy 's President Oscar Scalfaro . |
| 8 | The Chancellor stated that the priority now was for East Germany to move to free and secret elections , a press freed from bureaucratic political control , free trade unions , and the right to form independent parties , he said . |
| 9 | I 'm sure that Ruth searches her heart , she , she may of made her decision lightly way back to go with Ruth er , to go with Naomi but not now , its a heart searching decision she makes , the choice before her , do I go back or do I go , do I go on , do I go back to Moah with its familiarity with all the things I am aware of or do I go on into the unknown with my mother in law and with her god Auper makes a choice and she goes back and Ruth had , Ruth says no and she makes the commitment and she says there , in verse sixteen , do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you , for where you go I will go and where you lodge , I will lodge , your people should be my people and your god my god and its those last few words that makes all the difference , your god will be my god , I will not be a stranger there , I will not be an alien there , I will be part of your people , and the only way she could be part of Naomi 's people was for Naomi 's god to be her god , that was the thing that kept , that was , that was the common denominated should all of Naomi 's people , because they all belonged |
| 10 | The call was for Edwin Pettigrew , who seemed to be expecting it . |
| 11 | It was for Lesley Bale to be the living proof that there was a way through . |
| 12 | Now fear of Labour makes the ‘ feel bad ’ factor almost as strong a force for Major as the ‘ feel good ’ factor was for Thatcher . |
| 13 | Corporate liberty , even of the most exalted kind , could never be for Anselm , as it was for Hugh of Lyons , the mainspring of his whole life . |
| 14 | The solution to this problem was for Mrs Whitehouse personally to take a private prosecution of the play 's director , Michael Bogdanov . |
| 15 | The distinction between overseas and defence policy in 1951–5 was for Churchill almost as clear as that between the Defence Committee , which , with the Chiefs of Staff , he used to prosecute the Second World War , and the Lord President 's Committee under Anderson and Attlee , which he allowed to get on with handling the Home Front . |
| 16 | The first was for Exeter 's own services to be concentrated on Digby and Wonford House Hospitals , with Exminster to provide only for the other Devon districts . |
| 17 | The obvious alternative was for New York to take over from London , but in financial matters , as in military ones , America was not yet prepared to undertake the role of world leadership which Britain could no longer fulfil . |
| 18 | The only way they could get any semblance of acting was for Alex to speak a whole sentence , Michael to wait for the end , and then repeat it . |
| 19 | He too had been waiting , he thought , but he had not realized before that it was for Cora-Beth . |
| 20 | It was for Signora Kettering and her English upbringing told her that it was unthinkable to open letters addressed to someone else ; and yet as she came down the stairs and met the driver she had been taken , as she felt sure she was meant to be taken , for Signora Kettering . |
| 21 | ‘ The prince was affectionate by nature , he was devoted to his mother and to a major-domo of his parents ’ days , a man called Socrate , and there was one horse , Archimede , he could never do enough for , but his love was for Constanza , Castelfonte and the Marchesa Giulia . |
| 22 | ‘ The plan was for Bryce to drive up and get them , but he 's up to his eyes in trying to draw substantial amounts of water from our well . |
| 23 | The plan was for Pete and Michaela to film a normal Hacienda night fly-on-the-wall-style , with local hero Mike Pickering as the DJ . |
| 24 | The aim was for Skipper to be on the bridle , as racing people say : walking in a relaxed but energetic rhythm and accepting the bit . |
| 25 | Coun Carr said only an estimated £83.29 of the £353 was for Middlesbrough Council spending plans . |
| 26 | When one turns from internal to external trade , one sees that some men at any rate recognized how important it was for England to control the sea . |
| 27 | I watched the Leeds game on Saturday night on Match of the Day and it certainly was for Norwich . |
| 28 | The B was for Burroughs and the H was for Honeywell — and such US companies were slowly falling further behind IBM . |
| 29 | Charlotte felt it was for Ursula to say , but all Ursula could think about was her living daughter , not her dead husband . |
| 30 | The most recent was for Somalia , and you responded magnificently , helping to raise over five million pounds for relief work . |