Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] for [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , they were conscious of the rule , and rather than following it out of obligation , they were using it for their own benefit , as a sort of ‘ officializing ’ or ‘ universalizing ’ strategy in order to ‘ cloak themselves in legitimation ’ . |
| 2 | If you were protecting me for my own good , she thought , I would be cross with you , but not this cross . |
| 3 | All over London the bolts on pub doors were tensing themselves for their daily bid for freedom . |
| 4 | And they were both agreed that the thing to do with the club was to use it for their private purposes . |
| 5 | Privately , Robbie considered he was over-reacting , that he was blaming her for his own inability to work today . |
| 6 | But he was doing it for his little girl , his Karen , and for her mother , his wife Ruthie . |
| 7 | On Sunday 18 April , Dave was preparing himself for his first ever parachute jump to raise money for charity [ and to overcome his own fear of heights and aeroplanes ] when he heard that the jump had been cancelled due to bad weather . |