Example sentences of "[vb past] it be for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | It had a Birmingham postmark and was addressed to ‘ Robert Hilton ’ and she assumed it was for her son . |
3 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
6 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
7 | They said it was for her own protection and they felt she might not surrender to the court . |
8 | She took the call and said it was for me . |
9 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
10 | He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer . |
11 | But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message . |
12 | 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 . |