Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weeks later , half were downstairs for the more tuneful brew mixed up by various members of the Flying DJ family . |
| 2 | This was just for her , and all she was doing was trying to help . |
| 3 | This was particularly for people who have not been in hospital , but who may have exactly the same sort of needs as the people who are the focus of the particular project . |
| 4 | This was both for the hell of it , as well as for the annals of the newly developing discipline of psycho-anthropology , whose aims are in part to define the global range of human ability . |
| 5 | This was partly for ease of administration by the development officers who had to take into account the cost of all the services received by the elderly person when designing a package of care , but primarily because this was a new initiative : by enabling the development officers to take on difficult and complex cases without being unduly restricted by considerations of cost , it was hoped to test the limits to this form of community care . |
| 6 | This was partly for the reasons given above , but also due to the very large Conservative majority in the hereditary House of Lords , which soon rejected a Liberal attempt to amend the 1902 Education Act . |
| 7 | This was partly for the reasons discussed in Chapter 3 : more elderly people and medical advances which enabled more of them to benefit from treatments like joint replacement at even more advanced ages . |
| 8 | This was more for personal reasons than because of Baldwin 's alleged lack of interest in foreign affairs . |
| 9 | Yes , I was leaving alone , but I knew that this was only for the journey . |
| 10 | But this was only for a second . |
| 11 | Oh well this was only for the local ! |
| 12 | Edmund Paston , it is true , was retained by the duke in 1475 , but this was specifically for the campaign against France , and his letters give no hint of a more extended relationship with the duke . |
| 13 | Edmund Paston , it is true , was retained by the duke in 1475 , but this was specifically for the campaign against France , and his letters give no hint of a more extended relationship with the duke . |
| 14 | This was mainly for financial reasons , as the show had such a tiny budget , but it worked quite well . |
| 15 | The French bank used both search consultants and job agencies — depending on the level of the position — without in-house recruiting at all ; this was mainly for convenience , as they had no experience of recruiting or advertising for jobs in Britain . |
| 16 | This was all for her benefit . |
| 17 | This was enough for me . |
| 18 | This was enough for the Home Secretary to send the case back for a fourth hearing to the Court of Appeal , with the recommendation that they summon Mathews as a witness to test his credibility . |
| 19 | This was enough for Hennessy , who seemed to think that the policeman and the Captain were starting to get on too damn well for his liking . |
| 20 | This was enough for Cassie to be getting on with , but soon another of her private fantasies was to be shattered . |
| 21 | Britain , after 1945 , still had worldwide markets , but these were mostly for relatively old technology products such as steam engines and steel rails . |
| 22 | These were mainly for the purpose of reinforcement or ‘ aides-memoires ’ , but they sometimes represent an effort to extend the orientation into some more substantial instruction . |
| 23 | A good many were there for the fun , rather than any dedication to the anti-Fascist cause . |
| 24 | Many were there for more than three hours , but Hannah always gives full value for this kind of sacrifice talking to each one for between five and fifteen minutes and writing in the book whatever message is asked for . |
| 25 | He 'd thrown rocks at windows of offices and works they 'd sacked him from , he 'd defaced buildings , scratched officials ' cars and mutilated bonnet mascots ( though that was largely for his own safety ) and he 'd made bomb-hoax telephone calls . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought that was just for lighting , ’ said Gurder . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , that was just for effect . |
| 28 | The called it the Silly Women Running Idle , but that was just for fun . |
| 29 | At any rate , he disapproved , but perhaps that was partly for my mother 's sake . ’ |
| 30 | That was specially for volunteers . |