Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] be for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , I suddenly felt that I could n't bear it , not knowing where they were going to be for the next three and a half weeks ( though in retrospect I doubt whether the location of the groom much perturbed me ) . |
| 2 | A royal banner now bestowed respectability on a cause ; kings ' wars were assumed to be for the sake of peace , even when cripplingly expensive and increasingly savage . |
| 3 | Efforts to control whaling between the wars was said to be for the purposes of resource conservation ; that they were really concerned with managing the flow of whale oil through international markets . |
| 4 | Then she thought how tiring it was going to be for the rest of her life trying to be the Wise Woman all the time . |
| 5 | After Tommy any change was bound to be for the worse , but really ! |