Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enthusiastic as some of the clergy may have been for war and seduced as they sometimes were by their own eloquence and propaganda for it , they were less eager about the burdens which it entailed . |
| 2 | No one knows what these carved objects might have been for , so perhaps they were n't for anything , but a heartening prehistoric example of art for art 's sake . |
| 3 | The various cups and horns in graves may have been for the consumption of alcoholic liquid , including beor , ealu , medu and win ( Fell 1975 ) . |
| 4 | It was brought home to Charles for the first time how much of a strain the last weeks must have been for a girl of her age . |
| 5 | It is interesting to speculate what the consequences would have been for the curriculum if his view had prevailed . |