Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What needs to happen is for players to learn how to ruck and maul more efficiently . |
| 2 | Everything my husband has done has been for me . |
| 3 | Nevertheless the rough tone , irregular rhythms and ‘ dirty ’ intonation that most blues singers would have used are for the most part conspicuously absent in Elvis 's performance ; his tone is full , rich and well produced , his intonation is precise , stable and ‘ correct ’ , the notes are sustained and held right through , and the phrasing is legato . |
| 4 | The last thing I would have wanted was for you to become emotionally involved with me . ’ |
| 5 | The only running cost you will have to pay is for petrol . |
| 6 | Such French capital as Poland managed to secure was for specific projects like the new port at Gdynia — which was encouraged by the French to discomfort the Germans as much as to aid the Poles . |
| 7 | What will tend to happen is for example , erm , in my section to deal with public courses , I would have information about the venues that I 'm going to use this year , I would have information about the mailing lists I 'm going to use , and information about the mailing lists of my office I 'm going to use , I would have prospects that I 'm going to call , you know , it 's all stuff that I would tend to plan out on a pad of paper and then insert into the particular data section , and refer to as I need to . |
| 8 | ‘ What I do intend is for you to drive down town with me right now , come into the notary 's office and sign away any rights you imagine you might have . |
| 9 | Well , I had done what I could to protect the new catapult and , while I was sorry that what had happened at the Rabbit Grounds had cost me a trusted weapon with many battle honours to its name ( not to mention a significant sum out of the Defence budget ) , I thought that maybe what had happened had been for the best . |
| 10 | All I did n't want to happen was for him to become violent , which I did n't think was ever on the cards . |
| 11 | Everything he had done was for this final purpose , " that I might dwell among them " ( Exodus 29:43–46 ) . |
| 12 | The last thing she had wanted was for Luke to make a pass at her . |
| 13 | It was no secret that Jahsaxa monitored Zambia 's quarters : the cameras were blatantly undisguised , which Jahsaxa had insisted was for Zambia 's own safety . |
| 14 | The staff here maybe I should be I should n't be saying this the staff are finding it very difficult I mean what I 'm trying to say is for goodness sake eyes should be opened . |
| 15 | The majority of systems that have been developed have been for restricted domains and small grammars . |
| 16 | The entropy we have calculated is for the system only-the system being the reactants and products involved in the combustion of methane gas at 25°C . |
| 17 | The unequal status which women possess in society results in a situation in which what they have to say is for many purposes discounted or reinterpreted for them . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ What the policyholders have to ask is for whose benefit is it being done — the management 's or the policyholders ’ ? |
| 19 | Another trick that I have learnt is for increasing the likelihood that I will actually get down to a job which is becoming urgent but which I do n't want to do . |