Example sentences of "that it was for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It had taken a week to obtain , and had Hapsburg officialdom realized that it was for him rather than Aranyos it would have been unlikely to arrive before the end of the war .
2 Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right .
3 But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way .
4 ‘ I do n't think Simone would have mentioned it if she had n't felt that it was for your own good , ’ he murmured .
5 ‘ I thought you were going to tell me at least that it was for my own good .
6 Perhaps just because she was Bob 's fiancée — but Tessa felt that it was for herself as well .
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