Example sentences of "[vb pp] be for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The two items in the struggle for the liberty of the Church to which Anselm was committed were for him not negotiable either by himself or the successor of the pope who had declared lay investiture and clerical homage to be irreconcilable with the law of the Church .
2 So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) .
3 All that was needed was for someone to take Rowland 's ascetic vision/version of soul fanaticism and commandeer it for political ends .
4 What was needed was for us to get together with an arbitrator .
5 All that fuss , and all that 's wanted is for nobody to notice my clothes at all .
6 The last thing I would have wanted was for you to become emotionally involved with me . ’
7 All that was left was for her to undress him .
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