Example sentences of "[was/were] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it was for himself to protect his dallta , as usual . |
| 2 | The French would be content so long as the arrangement was for them to sell abroad ; there can , however , be no question of France permitting her massive investment in nuclear power to be undermined by making it possible for French consumers to buy in from abroad . |
| 3 | The policy was for them to remain around the fringes of a raid and try and pick off stragglers , leaving the ‘ infighting ’ to the Hurricanes . |
| 4 | Although the loss of the transports assembled or under construction at Le Havre delivered a serious blow to the French plans , others were still being built or collected at ports all along the Bay of Biscay , from Lorient [ or L'Orient ] to Bayonne , including Nantes , La Rochelle and Bordeaux , and the plan , as the English government knew , was for them to assemble at Brest , where the Commander-in-Chief of the naval side of the invasion , Admiral Conflans [ Hubert de Brienne , Comte de Conflans ] had arrived in early July . |
| 5 | I finally said the only thing I damn well wanted was for them to leave so I could get to the hospital . |
| 6 | The idea was for them to place special devices at these loci -devices that the regular maintenance crews would think were innocuous parts of the complex of delicate wiring . |
| 7 | And the door pit is about eighteen inches of steel and that was for them to puncture the thing , to puncture their whisky , little barrels you see . |
| 8 | Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right . |
| 9 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 10 | She recognised the lean figure of Richard Blake moving towards the exhibition stand , and the last thing she wanted right now was for him to notice her . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | All they wanted was for him to sit still as a stone — to be a piece of scenery , a decoration like one of the stone angels he had watched the Mason carve , up in the roofs of churches . |
| 13 | The same day , Mobutu warned the conference against this course , asserting in a statement read on national radio that under the present Constitution it was for him to appoint the head of government . |
| 14 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way . |
| 18 | Baldwin answered with commendable frankness : what lie wanted , what he thought the King himself wanted , was for him to go , if he had to , as quietly as possible , and thereby to make things easier for his successor . |
| 19 | And he went and told them how necessary it was for him to go to Canada , in the interests of the firm . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |
| 22 | Similarly , directors have noted how rare it was for him to bring his natural rage into play on screen . |
| 23 | He avoided her glance , and she saw how difficult it was for him to admit to weakness . |
| 24 | So he said I I do n't want to keep you , and I I could see what struggle it was for him to come a er so often in the bad weather , that er I I started the same idea . |
| 25 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 26 | How ready she was for him to fuck her . |
| 27 | In fact , Galileo 's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina ( 1615 ) shows how difficult it was for him to pursue such an argument , even had he wished . |
| 28 | He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over . |
| 29 | At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it . |
| 30 | She told herself later that she could n't have been expected to remember what a knife-edge he lived on , how hard it was for him to trust anyone . |