Example sentences of "the [noun] was [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Left in British politics had never had , nor needed to have , any single clear view about the structure of secondary education : the imperative was to provide it for all , and to provide it free . |
| 2 | ‘ What do you mean , ma'am ? ’ the sergeant grunted suspiciously , over-sensitive in his present mood , and fearful the superintendent was blaming him for some unknown misdemeanour . |
| 3 | And they were both agreed that the thing to do with the club was to use it for their private purposes . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the Chancellor was bracing himself for a furious political storm when he unveils his autumn package on Thursday , including a mystery ‘ fiscal package ’ ministers are remaining tight-lipped about . |
| 5 | But now the passage of the years was doing it for him . |
| 6 | The subsequent chronology of the licences , as well as the varying charges for them , reveal that the king was granting them for political and financial ends , to make friends and raise cash , particularly from the late 1290s when he desperately needed both . |
| 7 | The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The city was bracing itself for a party to beat them all , but the Spaniards decided to re-write the script . |
| 10 | The incident precipitated three days of violence and looting that tarnished Miami 's reputation at a time when the city was preening itself for one of America 's premier sporting events , the Super Bowl . |
| 11 | Curtis , meanwhile , as the result of his meditations on how a federated empire might collectively discharge its duty to the backward races under British rule , had begun to reach the conclusion that the answer was to train them for eventual self-government . |
| 12 | Mrs Verity 's expenditure turned out to be far more than she guessed and their decisions were also affected because the bank was overcharging them for a time . |
| 13 | The idea was to use her for short patrols inshore and around the large estuaries and harbours of the south Coast . |
| 14 | I mean you could say in this situation the stag was doing it for the benefit of the species but er you do n't need to er you do n't need to take that point of view . |
| 15 | The mother was knitting something for seamen from coloured string . |