Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cherry and Whites are used to winning against Nottingham … last time they played it was for league points in the first division … |
| 2 | The first time they came it was for ‘ Bob-a-job ’ week , but now they just come . |
| 3 | The cap they showed us was for an elephant , a massive thing . |
| 4 | But I just said that it was for the Welsh Office cos I thought if er they knew it was for a Authority you know ? |
| 5 | They thought it was for real , and panicked . |
| 6 | Perhaps they thought it was for unwanted babies ; she did start to explain about the new home for blind children , but never had to finish . |
| 7 | I 've just been at a two day conference at erm not very far from here , at Wisden House in which erm a number of erm top industrialists erm led by the former chairman of I C I have all unanimously been saying how bad they think it is for our future technological development and export development if overseas students get out of the habit of coming here . |
| 8 | ‘ They said it was for the best , ’ said Gloria . |
| 9 | ‘ They said it was for lack of printing plates , ’ said Mohammed Salekh , the party leader , who has to submit articles to the authorities for approval . |
| 10 | They said it was for her own protection and they felt she might not surrender to the court . |
| 11 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |