Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun sg] [was/were] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My second commission was for the Lutheran Church of St Andrew in Suislip . |
| 2 | My immediate thought was for the very basic question of acquiring premises , space to accommodate staff and the books we have purchased . |
| 3 | When I first started with the team at Moor Lane my particular responsibility was for the children 's talks . |
| 4 | Her constant prayer was for the safety of ‘ My John ’ stuck , as she knew he was , in the mud around Ravenna . |
| 5 | They chose the second option , because their prime concern was for the safety of the international financial system . |
| 6 | ‘ Kentigern 's mother was a northern princess called Thanew whose great love was for the Virgin Mother on whom she modelled herself . |
| 7 | Second only to the family , his chief love was for the North of Scotland and in the mid-fifties he realised a life-time ambition by becoming the owner of a 26,000-acre estate in Sutherland and , typical of the man , here he turned this unit into a sound agricultural business as well as a sporting estate . |
| 8 | Stage shows made Leonard Bernstein a very rich man , but he said he cared little for the money , his great love was for the music . |
| 9 | His first-class debut was for the Minor Counties against Oxford University in 1939 , but it was not until 1947 that he first played for Surrey , as an aggressive fast-medium bowler , who also liked to give the ball a good whack when batting . |
| 10 | Interestingly , his poor showing was for the same reason as that of much of the European contingent . |
| 11 | His first concern was for the children . |
| 12 | His secret ambition was for the Argentine ban to be lifted so he could get to England and avenge Pedro 's death by taking out the English and especially one poker-faced Guards Officer . |