Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [pron] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I I just Pat was doing it for Bishop 's Stortford on or thereabouts because he sent me all the details about the whale walk . |
| 2 | A further £375 was allowed him for assistants , and £52 for a Caretaker , heating , cleaning , coal , and coke " . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought Oliver was getting them for Rosie . ’ |
| 4 | A man was preparing something for supper at a table . |
| 5 | But there can be no doubt from a candid examination of the New Testament accounts that the prime purpose of the coming of the Spirit of God upon the disciples was to equip them for mission . |
| 6 | Wordsworth received a ‘ good grounding ’ in the classics , but the object of the intensive mathematical training was to prepare him for success at Cambridge University . |
| 7 | The mother was knitting something for seamen from coloured string . |