Example sentences of "[verb] for some purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect they are much the same as primitive people , who often take several days over assembling for some purpose and then several more to get started . |
| 2 | They 're looking for some purpose for it all and they ca n't find it . ’ |
| 3 | What had influenced Hollywood , thought Moley , was the ample evidence that ‘ the generality of the public takes its movies seriously and is adversely responsive to any effort which offers the least suspicion that they are being used for some purpose other than entertainment ’ and that in particular ‘ nothing hurts a picture 's chance of success more than the whisper that it contains propaganda ’ . |
| 4 | Where the process is used for some purpose other than that for which it is intended , the distinction between an error of judgment and an abuse of process may be rather fine . |
| 5 | doing , or did doing , they did for some purpose did n't they ? |