Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 2 | He smiled tenderly , and the knowledge that he was only doing it for the benefit of anyone who might be watching sliced deep into the very heart of her . |
| 3 | This was clearly to prepare him for the task of taking over the captaincy the next summer . |
| 4 | And indeed it was from this time that he began to suffer the kind of serious ill health which was regularly to affect him for the rest of his life . |
| 5 | I got to admit I did n't pop over just to offer yer some neighbourly 'elp , it was on me mind while I was there to touch you for the loan of a bob . |