Example sentences of "[verb] was for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everything they did was for their business . |
| 2 | First good watch I had was for my twenty first , I 've still got , it still goes |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This father insisted that all they wanted was for their children to receive a schooling based on English traditions and values . |
| 5 | First he pointed out his own editorial cubicle , then the adjacent one which he explained was for his personal assistant , Carmel Bedford . |