Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] was for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says it was for their funeral but now they 've got nothing . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They did n't feel for example they could go into the advice centre , they did n't feel it was for them . |
| 4 | Jackie he was he was looking he was for something and he was looking for something in a hurry and I could n't find out I like T-shirts in one pile sweat shirts in another pullovers in another jeans in another but they were all sort of |
| 5 | It had a Birmingham postmark and was addressed to ‘ Robert Hilton ’ and she assumed it was for her son . |
| 6 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 9 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
| 10 | They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do . |
| 11 | He wrote a few letters on my behalf and I just did n't think he was for me because of what I saw at the time . |
| 12 | And what do you think it was for me ? |
| 13 | Think it was for his birthday , yeah , or Christmas , right , she gave an intravenous drip filled with speed solution |
| 14 | I think it was for you . |
| 15 | There was a knock on the door in the early hours of the morning , she had curlers in her hair , and my father , thinking it was for him , told her not to panic . |
| 16 | They said it was for her own protection and they felt she might not surrender to the court . |
| 17 | She took the call and said it was for me . |
| 18 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 19 | He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer . |
| 20 | But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message . |
| 21 | So I said yes , I we I explained why I wa I was asking the question , I said it was for my son , and er I said , but mine 's just a , a microwave I sa and he said , well he said they re the combination ones now he said are really you know , what you need . |