Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [was/were] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The first day 's threshing I done was for a man by the name of Rogers , Harry Rogers . |
| 2 | The only payment I received was for travelling expenses from COHSE . |
| 3 | For example , all the competitors had to blow into what resembled a gas meter and the capacity of the lung was recorded , I failed to see the point of this exercise , and that , with other medical experiements , only fired my resolve to upset the doctors ' wager , which I believe was for a box of cigars . |
| 4 | ‘ All the same , ’ she said , ‘ all I meant was for her to break a leg . ’ |
| 5 | Well we 've had a go well I think it was for erm some sort of I think was for multiple sclerosis |
| 6 | That look I think was for when he next meets Gareth Gilcock . |
| 7 | But the last thing I did was for a guitar player in Nashville , Chip Young , who put together an album — which incidentally is getting released pretty soon — and he has ten tracks with ten different guests : local session players , myself , Chet 's on one , Grady Martin , Jerry Reed , Jerry Kennedy , Wayne Moss and various other guys , but I think guitar players out there will like it . ’ |
| 8 | First good watch I had was for my twenty first , I 've still got , it still goes |
| 9 | In fact , although the manual supplied with the machine I purchased was for a KH710 , the machine turned out to be a KH585 , possibly an earlier model . |
| 10 | The things I wrote were for you . |
| 11 | I have was for many years the national chairman of the Association of Independent Businesses . |
| 12 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |
| 13 | And you kept trying all those complicated ways of pleasing me , but all I wanted was for you just to want me . ’ |
| 14 | Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know . |
| 15 | Sentence of death was passed on 8 convicts at the Old Bailey , 4 of whom were executed on 15 Feb. : ‘ One of those who suffered was for robbing a farmer 's boy of sixpence . ’ |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | Until she 'd made up her mind one way or the other , the last thing she needed was for rumours of an imminent retirement from music to start circulating . |
| 18 | The last thing she needed was for the plane to go without her . |
| 19 | Where was that bungalow that you said was for sale then ? |
| 20 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |
| 21 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 22 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 23 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |
| 28 | Those whom they encountered were for the most part leading precarious lives ; they lacked the leisure , the mental energy , even the vocabulary , for speculation about the great issues of heaven and hell , death and judgement . |
| 29 | All the phone calls they received were for him , and Gina never had any mail . |
| 30 | The first play they mounted was for Alan and his family — to celebrate the completion of the pageant . |