Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing South Africa needed was for tourists , especially British tourists , to be murdered on the beaches . |
| 2 | What Harry Truman wanted was for Douglas MacArthur to behave himself , he wanted Douglas MacArthur to stop giving impromptu press conferences , he wanted him to stop inventing strategy as he went without reference to the president , he simply wanted to restore the chain of command . |
| 3 | It is worth restating how radical a leader Mrs Thatcher has been for the Conservative party . |
| 4 | " Yes , " said Clara , beginning to understand the nature of her mother 's satisfaction ; the lack of telephone of Mrs Hanney had been for some years a subject for discourse in a vein of amazed contempt . |
| 5 | Lawrence , Sibylle Zuckermann has been for the last six years teaching a Senior Citizens ' class . |
| 6 | It was only when everyone rose to their feet , shook hands and made a beeline for the cooking tent — where , it emerged , Balvinder Singh had been for the last half-hour — that I realized that the ceremony was over . |