Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the truth my lad and the first I made for was for the that , just off Canada , is is New Foundland ? |
| 2 | During the period between the Fascist ascendancy of 1934 and the collapse of Mosley 's hopes in March 1937 , Joyce 's personal life had undergone a change which seemed to be for the better . |
| 3 | She had to be for St Cecilia as I hoped she would share my love of music and would know the lullaby Mr Vinct had composed for her . |
| 4 | The more Jane Holt mulled things over in her mind , the less cause there seemed to be for alarm . |
| 5 | Although ‘ English ’ does have connections with the genuine disciplines of history and philosophy it came into being for cultural rather than disciplinary reasons . |
| 6 | It is true that the carefully authentic material has to be explained more fully than it had to be for readers of Marryat 's day , who could be supposed to possess a modicum of previous knowledge of naval affairs . |
| 7 | The basic elementary processes of chemistry were understood and the essential analytical tools were already available ; the existence of a limited number of chemical elements , composed of different numbers of basic units ( atoms ) , and compounds of elements composed of basic multi-atomic units of molecules , and some idea of the rules of these combinations was familiar , as indeed it had to be for the great advances in the essential activity of chemists , the analysis and synthesis of various substances . |
| 8 | ‘ Club before country was how it had to be for me because injury and suspension have left me with only 11 players for Arbroath 's league game with Brechin City on Saturday , ’ said McGrain . |