Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it for this that earth grew tall ? |
| 2 | But was it for this that the trumpets blew so confidently when the TECs appeared , less than two years ago ? |
| 3 | I was pleased with W F Owtram 's opening two lines : ‘ Was it for this I quitted Rhondda , /In my dreams at large to wander … |
| 4 | It lacks the ‘ glad preamble ’ of the later texts , and by beginning at ‘ Was it for this … ’ ( 1805 Book i , line 271 ) appears to trace the growth of the mind from earliest consciousness . |
| 5 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 6 | Was it for this ? |
| 7 | And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? |
| 8 | Was it for this common servitor to censure his habits ? |
| 9 | ‘ Was it for this the clay grew tall , |
| 10 | And so the line could read , ‘ Was it for this the bodies of men grew tall ? ’ |
| 11 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |
| 12 | Was it for this the clay grew tall ? |