Example sentences of "that it was [adv] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may say of each braking that it was alternatively required for the effect , and that the effect alternatively required each braking . |
| 2 | It is likely that it was originally for wool drying , although there is a local tradition that it was also used for the drying of teazles , imported from Somerset , hence its local name of the Teazel Tower . |
| 3 | For a tenant to claim the benefits of the Act he must show that his tenancy is of a house , that it was originally granted for more than twenty-one years , that the rent payable is less than two-thirds of its rateable value , and that the rateable value is itself not in excess of certain modest limits . |
| 4 | Local information suggests that it was occasionally worked for a few years after this , but by the 1950s had stopped completely . |
| 5 | The upward trend in the numbers of unemployed getting supplementary benefit , for example , continued in the 1980s ; the numbers trebled until two-thirds of all the unemployed received this benefit , despite the fact that it was never designed for them . |
| 6 | It made something sting behind her eyes as she thought now that it was all finished for him . |