Example sentences of "[verb] was for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 2 | All that was needed was for someone to take Rowland 's ascetic vision/version of soul fanaticism and commandeer it for political ends . |
| 3 | What was needed was for us to get together with an arbitrator . |
| 4 | Luke Calder was used to getting what he wanted from life , and the last thing she needed was for him to turn his sights on to her , even though it might only be to put her back in her place ! |
| 5 | Their private parts were firmly jammed in the wringer and all it needed was for somebody to the rescue . |
| 6 | But the whole point of Pam being there , my being fostered , was if I could n't cope was for her to take over . |
| 7 | ‘ All the same , ’ she said , ‘ all I meant was for her to break a leg . ’ |
| 8 | The last thing I would have wanted was for you to become emotionally involved with me . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Everything they did was for their business . |
| 10 | Anythin' I ever did was for me family . |
| 11 | All that was left was for her to undress him . |
| 12 | First good watch I had was for my twenty first , I 've still got , it still goes |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Every female role he made was for his wife , even though she was well past her prime ; Semenyaka 's youth was wasted stepping into others ' shoes . |
| 15 | But did you realize that dare was for you ? |
| 16 | This father insisted that all they wanted was for their children to receive a schooling based on English traditions and values . |
| 17 | I finally said the only thing I damn well wanted was for them to leave so I could get to the hospital . |
| 18 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 19 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 20 | All they wanted was for him to sit still as a stone — to be a piece of scenery , a decoration like one of the stone angels he had watched the Mason carve , up in the roofs of churches . |
| 21 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 22 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 23 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 24 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |
| 25 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |
| 26 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 27 | And you kept trying all those complicated ways of pleasing me , but all I wanted was for you just to want me . ’ |
| 28 | First he pointed out his own editorial cubicle , then the adjacent one which he explained was for his personal assistant , Carmel Bedford . |