Example sentences of "he [verb] was for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every female role he made was for his wife , even though she was well past her prime ; Semenyaka 's youth was wasted stepping into others ' shoes . |
| 2 | When I was a bit older , I thought he was probably a thief and that the bag he carried was for the loot . ’ |
| 3 | At this stage Hitler 's plans were still fluid , but the last thing he wanted was for the useful Danzig problem to be solved . |
| 4 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 5 | First he pointed out his own editorial cubicle , then the adjacent one which he explained was for his personal assistant , Carmel Bedford . |