Example sentences of "[verb] was for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything he had done was for this final purpose , " that I might dwell among them " ( Exodus 29:43–46 ) . |
| 2 | Often the only way for that to happen was for those already in the cities to move out and for those contemplating a move in not to come . |
| 3 | I was saying that the proportion of advertising expenditure given was for that in the two lowest tar groups , which was rather less than the proportion of total sales . |
| 4 | I have was for many years the national chairman of the Association of Independent Businesses . |
| 5 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |