Example sentences of "[verb] it was for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says it was for their funeral but now they 've got nothing . |
| 2 | When I painted it was for myself , I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting ; I did n't have to worry about whether anyone was interested in it or not or whether I would exhibit it in a commercial gallery or whether it would be sold . |
| 3 | They did n't feel for example they could go into the advice centre , they did n't feel it was for them . |
| 4 | The first time they came it was for ‘ Bob-a-job ’ week , but now they just come . |
| 5 | The Cherry and Whites are used to winning against Nottingham … last time they played it was for league points in the first division … |
| 6 | It had a Birmingham postmark and was addressed to ‘ Robert Hilton ’ and she assumed it was for her son . |
| 7 | At a later interview he was asked for what the Nobel had been awarded ; Eliot replied that he assumed it was for " the entire corpus " and the reporter asked , " When did you publish that ? " |
| 8 | I went to a local DIY store and picked out a can of own-brand paint which stated it was for exterior decoration . |
| 9 | There was no chimney attached to it ; so she guessed it was for paraffin oil . |
| 10 | The report , by Jérôme Dourdin , noted in particular how tiring and discouraging it was for visitors to walk all the way out to the Pavillon de Flore to see the sculptures and then have to hike back again to visit the other collections in the Museum . |
| 11 | Except that is was for money , I know it was for money but er I do n't know the exact er Because I think I think in that year , we got what we called the Samuel award , that were three shillings a day , basic , you see ? |
| 12 | Whatever the problems for the CNAA and for the institutions , and however irritating it was for DES officers or some college principals , the CNAA was working methodically to ensure that complex questions of comparability of standards were resolved to the satisfaction of the various parts of the validating machinery . |
| 13 | It was a little Mini van that he ran around in saying it was for the band but really he had it because he thought it was ‘ a good shagging mobile ’ with just enough space in the back for ‘ entertaining ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ If Haines recommended the Jockey Club should be abolished we would have to consider it and if we felt it was for the benefit of racing we would do it , ’ Lord Hartington said . |
| 15 | Despite his brotherly teasing and criticisms , he was devoted to her and would not be speaking in this fashion unless he felt it was for the best . |
| 16 | Charlotte felt it was for Ursula to say , but all Ursula could think about was her living daughter , not her dead husband . |
| 17 | Those who were libelled in the Fanzine may feel less aggrieved knowing it was for a good cause . |
| 18 | Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her . |
| 19 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
| 20 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
| 21 | Their lawyer , Patricia Hambrecht , says : ‘ We witnessed a dramatic drop in our appraisal business for donations to institutions , and even though we realised it was not in our narrow self-interest , we knew it was for the good of the overall arts community ’ . |
| 22 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
| 23 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 24 | But I just said that it was for the Welsh Office cos I thought if er they knew it was for a Authority you know ? |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know whether this was a fund-raising ploy or whether this was for real , ’ O'Boyle said , ‘ but I thought it was for real at the time . ’ |
| 26 | I thought it was for purely recreational use |
| 27 | They thought it was for real , and panicked . |
| 28 | He thought it was for sex . |
| 29 | But when he got the job in the stocking factory he seriously thought it was for life . |
| 30 | I thought it was for the best . |