Example sentences of "it was not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was n't earmarked for any specific items ? |
| 2 | The pharmacist saw it as a breakthrough and it was not done for personal profit , said the lawyer . |
| 3 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 4 | Halfway through 1979 the Ashleys finally moved into the main part of the château ; it was not completed for another two years and was to prove a far more major project than anyone had realized . |
| 5 | ‘ It was to be , ’ he recalled , ‘ the first of the kitchen-sink comedies , but , unfortunately , it was not released for three years , making it the last of the kitchen-sink comedies . ’ |
| 6 | The idea of the emergent Pacific was not in anyone 's mind , and in any case the reality of it was not to appear for many years . |