Example sentences of "that was for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was only one option left and that was for me to talk directly to Albert Spanswick , the Chairman of the TUC Health Services Committee . |
| 2 | Something peculiar was going on , that was for sure . |
| 3 | ‘ No , Nina , that was for last time . |
| 4 | It was a comfortable place to spend your weekday evenings , that was for sure . |
| 5 | Morton was a cut above the average nob , that was for sure . |
| 6 | All that was for the future . |
| 7 | You could say , perhaps , that the Star Rank scheme was largely put on ice , but that was for want of a sponsor , which was always vital to the future of the scheme . |
| 8 | And that was for a very good reason . |
| 9 | Maybe that was for the cat , too . |
| 10 | That was for guests , and the guests had gone , Vicky by half past ten , the Carters an hour later . |
| 11 | The boys were younger than me but I remember them coming to school — and what a job that was for them . |
| 12 | It was the last time she was going to take diet pills before a race , that was for sure . |
| 13 | Well , she was going to need a lot of help , that was for sure , and if someone took the trouble to put an advert in the tube , the least you could do was memorise the number . |
| 14 | He was n't going to go peacefully , that was for sure . |
| 15 | He could be a snooty bastard , old Shadwell , that was for sure . |
| 16 | It was not likely that he could be enticed in that time , that was for sure . |
| 17 | They might eat fruit and vegetables and dairy products but that was for their health , not because they liked them . |
| 18 | She 'd never sign up for marriage and mortgage , that was for sure . |
| 19 | And in that time I really only ever had one proper job and that was for two weeks . |
| 20 | ‘ That was for Andropulos 's benefit . |
| 21 | ‘ What a day that was for 'er , it nearly give 'er permanent ‘ ysterics , though she 's been all right lately , except for 'er chilblains . |
| 22 | That was for the sons and daughters of richer families like her Pascoe cousins whose father , Uncle Harry , was making his fortune privateering and could afford to pay for Cousin Tristram to go across the water to Fowey every morning and attend Mr Carew 's new grammar school . |
| 23 | You had heard that there was one , Holloway , and that was for you . |
| 24 | Only in one respect was any real money spent on Doctor Who , and that was for the TARDIS set in Episode One , the cost of which was spread out anyway throughout the rest of the season . |
| 25 | There was a little shop in my home town that I had liked very much , selling old bits and pieces , books and engravings ; all that was for sale was in a jumble , and the windows had not been cleaned in years . |
| 26 | It was unusual , that was for sure . |
| 27 | I wondered what that was for . |
| 28 | Oh aye right , right that was for your x-rays Robert . |
| 29 | Oh no but you see that was for cleanliness . |
| 30 | And that was for your horses , you see ? |