Example sentences of "it was for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he could see the sense behind Darwin 's arguments , it is unlikely that his subscribers would ; and it was for their tastes that he catered . |
| 2 | He says it was for their funeral but now they 've got nothing . |
| 3 | It was for her daughter , of course , the second ticket . |
| 4 | It had a Birmingham postmark and was addressed to ‘ Robert Hilton ’ and she assumed it was for her son . |
| 5 | It was for her mother , who unaccountably loved the creature , that she worried . |
| 6 | It was for her grand-daughter , but the little girl died . ’ |
| 7 | They said it was for her own protection and they felt she might not surrender to the court . |
| 8 | When my wife and I chose our Peugeot 405 it was for its comfort , performance and interior space . |
| 9 | Significantly , it was for its year-round contribution to recreational development in the Lochaber area that the guild favoured Aonach Mor . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think Simone would have mentioned it if she had n't felt that it was for your own good , ’ he murmured . |
| 11 | So i i i in a sense this has gone back to one of Mao 's early views , except that , that there is a difference now in that er the land is being redistributed for ownership whereas for Mao earlier it was , it was for your use . |
| 12 | And it was for my benefit — to show what he was about to do to me . |
| 13 | It was for my daughter 's first child , but the child died after six months . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought you were going to tell me at least that it was for my own good . |
| 15 | It was for my blood pressure . |
| 16 | So I said yes , I we I explained why I wa I was asking the question , I said it was for my son , and er I said , but mine 's just a , a microwave I sa and he said , well he said they re the combination ones now he said are really you know , what you need . |
| 17 | And I lost the bet by the way , cos I said to da , Andy , I bet you fifty P it was for my brother , and it was n't . |
| 18 | Our lodging was not free , as it was for our service colleagues ; we paid one guinea a week , and five shillings for transport ( which we could scarcely avoid ) , and a fixed regular sum for meals necessarily taken in the canteen at B.P. Nor did we receive travel warrants for our three-monthly seven-day leaves ; and in those days when civilian travel was frowned upon we had no uniform to prove that our journey was really necessary . |
| 19 | Consequently death is no longer in the midst of life as it was for our ancestors and still is in many Third World countries . |
| 20 | It was for our second anniversary . |
| 21 | Henry 's life-long role had been the Kingship of England , it was for his sons to look abroad for glory in battle . |
| 22 | It was for his dogs , such fervour in each , as he was bestowing blessings . |
| 23 | It would , however , be just as unfortunate for our understanding of Simmel to be confined to this aspect of his work as it was for his philosophy to be reduced to the simple model of freedom enshrined in a earlier tradition of American sociology . |
| 24 | It was for his style as much as for his opinions that mossadeq became notorious in the West . |
| 25 | It was for his contribution to social reform that he is most remembered . |
| 26 | It was for his son 's dog . |
| 27 | Think it was for his birthday , yeah , or Christmas , right , she gave an intravenous drip filled with speed solution |