Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of his earlier stage designs had been for opera , and the latest of them , Simon Boccanegra , had been the big hit of the preceding season . |
| 2 | Two-thirds of all reservations received were for new books . |
| 3 | In this process of adaptation , what was really wanted was European power : the demands of the Hundred Days had been for arms , railways and schools . |
| 4 | All her feelings had been for Gerry , with the coal-pitted hands , who had never harmed a soul . |
| 5 | The trend of things had been for agricultural land to go out of production because it was easier to earn a living working in Israel . |
| 6 | It made little difference that these needles had been for injections and not for some sinister Chinese purpose . |
| 7 | Bill 's orders had been for Captive Audience to lead Shine On at racing speed over six furlongs , then for them both to stride out for home over the last two furlongs . |
| 8 | The tears had been for himself , for Arabella and for a child who would never be born . |
| 9 | He was , as golf professionals had been for a hundred years , a serf . |
| 10 | At the same time , some women in the older generation believed that they were a less significant source of advice and support for their daughters than their own mothers had been for them , and all were concerned to ensure that their support did not amount to ‘ interference ’ ( Blaxter and Paterson , 1982 , especially pp. 174–9 ) . |