Example sentences of "the [noun sg] was for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The direction was for her to decide , not for him . |
| 2 | Her morning descent to the kitchen was for her a moment of happiness and importance . |
| 3 | The intention was for them to be escorted by the combined fleets from Brest and Toulon and the combination of the two , to outnumber any force likely to be brought against them , was a vital part of the French plan . |
| 4 | ‘ The Bangles wanted to emphasise the rock'n'roll side of the band and in doing so thought regalia and kind of hippyish , Hendrix-style clothing was gon na put that image across , but it ended up looking very glamorous , it ended up looking glammier and glammier even though the intention was for it not to be glamour … |
| 5 | ‘ All the neighbours thought the ambulance was for me , ’ said Helen , 31 . |
| 6 | When some years ago I decided to pay the Life Governor 's subscription the expense was for me a serious cost but was willing to pay it to ensure that I should continue to enjoy the privileges without having to worry about future subscriptions when I had retired from salaried work . |
| 7 | Refusing to condemn the bombing , Mr Adams yesterday said the only way to end the violence was for everyone to be involved in the talks process . |
| 8 | The effect was for her to wave both her arms out in front of her holding her hands together , then surprisingly a seeming third hand was under her jumper and was moving up and down . |
| 9 | Hurtled The plan was for his main chute to open at 3,000ft but it did not open and he hurtled to conclusion of the association 's investigation was that he had failed to locate the ripcord handle . |
| 10 | In early August the plan was for it to stop at Didcot for servicing on Friday , September 11 , prior to leaving for Bournemouth that evening . |
| 11 | Gloucester Place seemed awash with the carriages of other guests attending the ball and Emily chafed as she sat waiting impatiently to move on , watched by ladies ' maids and servants of the lower orders who seemed to think that the spectacle was for their pleasure . |
| 12 | At a public meeting last September he suggested that saying ‘ they ought to do something about it ’ was pointless , and boldly proposed that the only way to save the shop was for everyone in the village to club together and buy it . |
| 13 | The envelope contained cash , and the cash was for her . |
| 14 | I said well actually the cake was for you as well . |
| 15 | She clutched a hand to her ample bosom — actually not so much a bosom , more a shelf ( a cheap shot ) — and motioned that the phone was for me . |
| 16 | The French would be content so long as the arrangement was for them to sell abroad ; there can , however , be no question of France permitting her massive investment in nuclear power to be undermined by making it possible for French consumers to buy in from abroad . |
| 17 | ‘ The arrangement was for my ex-husband , Thom , who 's American , to see Eva , now three years old , for one week in every four , ’ explains Wendy . |
| 18 | ‘ So all that preening naked on the pool-edge was for my benefit ? ’ he teased . |
| 19 | The policy was for them to remain around the fringes of a raid and try and pick off stragglers , leaving the ‘ infighting ’ to the Hurricanes . |
| 20 | Every time there was a call , although 99 times out of a 100 the call was for him , he pushed the phone in my direction . |
| 21 | Two fine oak tables were missing , and the space was for me to fill . |
| 22 | The win was for our fans . ’ |
| 23 | But the summerhouse was for something special . |
| 24 | It was a short hop for Foucard to suggest that as her colleague was such a dull man it was unlikely the flat had been searched for something belonging to him , more likely that the hunt was for something belonging to Rain or Oliver . |
| 25 | After the first glass of wine , bending solidly towards her : " The orchid was for you , " he said . |
| 26 | The idea was for them to place special devices at these loci -devices that the regular maintenance crews would think were innocuous parts of the complex of delicate wiring . |
| 27 | The idea was for me to go on the high-wire sixty feet above ground — on the shoulders of a Czechoslovakian circus performer . |
| 28 | But , Shelley , the idea was for you to work here at Monte Samana while he works at Santa Barbara . |
| 29 | The goodbye was for me . |
| 30 | The whole design of the system was for it to look factory fit . |