Example sentences of "[noun pl] had been 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 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 .
3 All her feelings had been for Gerry , with the coal-pitted hands , who had never harmed a soul .
4 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 .
5 It made little difference that these needles had been for injections and not for some sinister Chinese purpose .
6 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 .
7 The tears had been for himself , for Arabella and for a child who would never be born .
8 He was , as golf professionals had been for a hundred years , a serf .
9 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 ) .
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