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

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1 No , it was for himself to protect his dallta , as usual .
2 ‘ I asked if it was for himself or his mother .
3 It was for nothing , Daddy . ’
4 It was for nothing but to counter the parallel sky , and I found it mystical in its impracticality .
5 Erm I so it was for one So seven kilometres is equal to fifty millimetres .
6 Difficult though it was for her , however , are we entitled to assume that her French upbringing was bound to give her an adverse picture of her Scottish kingdom , and that her view was justified ?
7 The New York Herald headlined ‘ These Girl 's Do n't Drink , Smoke or Flirt ’ and printed an article , attributed to Mary , in which she explained how difficult it was for her to maintain discipline in a society where young girls were surrounded on every side by such bad examples of free and easy ways in all walks of life .
8 They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do .
9 He could see how hopeless it was for her .
10 So it was for her .
11 No one would know how hard it was for her to act the bride she would never be .
12 She she it was for her a matter of conscience .
13 It was for me .
14 I wonder what it 'd be like if the phone suddenly rung and it was for me .
15 Back in those Hard Times , funerals offered us the comfort of knowing that , however tough it was for me and thee , there was always somebody who had it worse .
16 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 .
17 It was for me a phantom of literary delight ; a name , though less euphonious , almost as evocative as Samarkand , Trebizond or Persepolis .
18 The bedroom doors of Darlington Hall are of a certain thickness and I could by no means hear complete exchanges ; consequently , it is hard for me now to recall precisely what I overheard , just as , indeed , it was for me later that same evening when I reported to his lordship on the matter .
19 She took the call and said it was for me .
20 There is much in the book that will be as new an exciting for most readers , as it was for me .
21 He appreciated how difficult it was for me ‘ to give way ’ , what a wrench it was for someone who always operated on his own to cooperate with an act he neither understood nor , at that time , actively sought .
22 It was for me , anyway .
23 It was for me .
24 ‘ You could n't bear the thought , could you , of that girl , that nice young girl , being mistress here ? you told yourself it was for me , all for me . ’
25 Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities .
26 ‘ People still write about how strange it was for me to be with someone like Catherine , ’ he says .
27 The fact that I should think this , and thought this at the time when I was one of the leaders of the movement campaigning for the ordination of women , brings it home to me how difficult it was for me to work within that movement .
28 It was for me like the young people out there doing their Licenza Classica .
29 I think a lot of people get carried away with the occasion and it 's actually supposed to be a very romantic day , and , you know , that 's what it was for me .
30 And what do you think it was for me ?
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