Example sentences of "[verb] it 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 It had a Birmingham postmark and was addressed to ‘ Robert Hilton ’ and she assumed it was for her son .
5 Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him .
6 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 .
7 I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa .
8 As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’
9 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 .
10 And what do you think it was for me ?
11 Think it was for his birthday , yeah , or Christmas , right , she gave an intravenous drip filled with speed solution
12 I think it was for you .
13 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 .
14 They said it was for her own protection and they felt she might not surrender to the court .
15 She took the call and said it was for me .
16 They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’
17 He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer .
18 But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message .
19 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 .
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