Example sentences of "[vb past] it was for " in BNC.
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1 | When I painted it was for myself , I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting ; I did n't have to worry about whether anyone was interested in it or not or whether I would exhibit it in a commercial gallery or whether it would be sold . |
2 | The first time they came it was for ‘ Bob-a-job ’ week , but now they just come . |
3 | The Cherry and Whites are used to winning against Nottingham … last time they played it was for league points in the first division … |
4 | It had a Birmingham postmark and was addressed to ‘ Robert Hilton ’ and she assumed it was for her son . |
5 | At a later interview he was asked for what the Nobel had been awarded ; Eliot replied that he assumed it was for " the entire corpus " and the reporter asked , " When did you publish that ? " |
6 | I went to a local DIY store and picked out a can of own-brand paint which stated it was for exterior decoration . |
7 | There was no chimney attached to it ; so she guessed it was for paraffin oil . |
8 | ‘ If Haines recommended the Jockey Club should be abolished we would have to consider it and if we felt it was for the benefit of racing we would do it , ’ Lord Hartington said . |
9 | Despite his brotherly teasing and criticisms , he was devoted to her and would not be speaking in this fashion unless he felt it was for the best . |
10 | Charlotte felt it was for Ursula to say , but all Ursula could think about was her living daughter , not her dead husband . |
11 | Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her . |
12 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
13 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
14 | Their lawyer , Patricia Hambrecht , says : ‘ We witnessed a dramatic drop in our appraisal business for donations to institutions , and even though we realised it was not in our narrow self-interest , we knew it was for the good of the overall arts community ’ . |
15 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
16 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
17 | But I just said that it was for the Welsh Office cos I thought if er they knew it was for a Authority you know ? |
18 | ‘ I do n't know whether this was a fund-raising ploy or whether this was for real , ’ O'Boyle said , ‘ but I thought it was for real at the time . ’ |
19 | I thought it was for purely recreational use |
20 | They thought it was for real , and panicked . |
21 | He thought it was for sex . |
22 | But when he got the job in the stocking factory he seriously thought it was for life . |
23 | I thought it was for the best . |
24 | Perhaps they thought it was for unwanted babies ; she did start to explain about the new home for blind children , but never had to finish . |
25 | I thought it was for more than we are after selling him for . |
26 | I thought it was for m , Tuesday ! |
27 | I realised it was for John and Angela . ’ |
28 | A high-ranking Saudi , carrying a gun for the first time in his life , said it was for use not against Iraqis but against ‘ certain other nationalities ’ . |
29 | ‘ They said it was for the best , ’ said Gloria . |
30 | He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer . |