Example sentences of "that [pers pn] was [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winning the title meant that I was selected for Great Britain to run against West Germany in Dortmund . |
| 2 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 3 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
| 4 | I trusted him to see that I was equipped for the new life I had chosen . |
| 5 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |
| 6 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 7 | She also knew what was good for herself , so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children 's food . |
| 8 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 9 | The argument that she was employed for the specific purpose of teaching students , and therefore not eligible for dismissal rights , was rejected . |
| 10 | There was such a vast variety of decorated bowls and jugs and plates that she was spoilt for choice . |
| 11 | She had a curious feeling that greater good fortune would yet be hers , that she was destined for high places . |
| 12 | Standing on the beautifully tended grass of Jesus Green and watching a throng of tourists , language students and local people enjoying the tranquillity of the lock , it is hard to believe that it was built for commerce rather than leisure . |
| 13 | The major axis of Stonehenge is aligned with the exact positions of the midwinter and midsummer solstice , leading to suggestions that it was built for ceremonies to mark the annual calendar and seasons . |
| 14 | A report of the work was typed by the school secretary but its informal style and the sometimes cryptic references to individual children make it clear that it was intended for internal circulation only . |
| 15 | Of the country 's three nuclear reactors in Yongbyon , one 50-100 megawatt plant was not connected to the national grid , thereby indicating that it was intended for weapons production . |
| 16 | And even if a structural , timber can be dated , there is always the possibility that it was stored for some time between being felled and being used , or even that it was re-used timber salvaged from an earlier building . |
| 17 | ‘ I can not say that it was withdrawn for its political content . ’ |
| 18 | The Mystic Hussars , as it was called , proved to be so popular and successful that it was performed for over 40 years . |
| 19 | It became obvious to everyone that the Tournament could not continue and after another undue delay , the Earl of Eglinton announced that it was cancelled for the day . |
| 20 | It is no accident that it was recommended for use in the fifteenth-century Lay Folks Mass Book at the elevation of the Host . |
| 21 | She knew she ought to tell Georg it was all over between them , that it was finished for good . |
| 22 | As a result they push it beyond its design — a bit like trying to fly a plane at twice the speed and height that it was designed for . |
| 23 | This , however , gives rise to two legends : firstly that it was paid for by Napoleon in gold louis to Mr Veitch , who later buried the coins under the foundation stone of the English church ; and secondly that the wine was never drunk by Napoleon but returned to Madeira after his death to be bottled in 1840 by Blandy 's . |
| 24 | The fact that it was used for his or another 's use could be established by questions and answers between the police and the defendant . |
| 25 | But that Moorish Negress was so skilful in drawing the Turkish bow , that it was held for a marvel , and it is said that they called her in Arabic Nugueymat Turya , which is to say , the Star of the Archers . |
| 26 | Dare I hope that it was sold for 50p ? — |
| 27 | On 11 September the German Standortkommandantur , which had been set up in the Piazza Garibaldi to administer the city of Parma , issued a series of orders , one of which stated that it was forbidden for civilians to have guns and that looting would be punishable by death . |
| 28 | Sara upset a skillet of boiling milk on her husband 's foot , and left him so lame that he was prevented for days from joining his friends on their lengthening excursions into the Quantock countryside . |
| 29 | For the last hour his progressively alcoholised brain had reminded him of the consequences of justice ( small ‘ j ’ ) : of bringing a criminal before the courts , ensuring that he was convicted for his sins ( or was it his crimes ? ) , and then getting him locked up for the rest of his life , perhaps , in a prison where he would never again go to the WC without someone observing such an embarrassingly private function , someone smelling him , someone humiliating him . |
| 30 | Then probably you have not heard that he was sent for last night just before Compline , to go to Donata , at her express wish . |