Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cherry and Whites are used to winning against Nottingham … last time they played it was for league points in the first division … |
| 2 | There was no chimney attached to it ; so she guessed it was for paraffin oil . |
| 3 | Except that is was for money , I know it was for money but er I do n't know the exact er Because I think I think in that year , we got what we called the Samuel award , that were three shillings a day , basic , you see ? |
| 4 | He thought it was for sex . |
| 5 | But when he got the job in the stocking factory he seriously thought it was for life . |
| 6 | His reason for wanting to go , he said , was because ‘ I had heard it was for charity and I knew Elton John . |
| 7 | That means it was for use in climates and countries so benign that the natives require no shelter at all , and where a tent is more or less a decorative affectation . |
| 8 | And then sh Elizabeth had come over by then and I said it 's it 's in her bag , so we had a look at it and her friend said it 's for angina , it always makes her ill ! |
| 9 | I worked in the factory and said it was for fun ; but it was n't — I did it because I needed to . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They said it was for lack of printing plates , ’ said Mohammed Salekh , the party leader , who has to submit articles to the authorities for approval . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | and anyway she rang David up and she said , she did n't say it were for Bet but she said she wanted another two hundred pounds |