Example sentences of "[was/were] for [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I WAS surprised to read in the article by Harry Mead ( Echo January 17 ) and your editorial ( January 20 ) where , after a careful scrutiny of the present troubles in Northern Ireland , both of your suggested conclusions were for accepting the defeatist attitude of the greater good subordinating itself to the prevalent evil . |
| 2 | Although there were more than 100 British nationals killed in the accident there was no provision at that time for a State with such an interest to participate , but knowing that the minister was bound to be asked by MPs in the House what arrangements there were for investigating the cause of death of so many UK citizens I telephoned my old friend Michel Vigier in paris with a formal request that we might send a UK observer . |
| 3 | ( You did n't pour the contents of the ladle down your crack — that was for getting the shit out from under your nails . ) |
| 4 | Sunday school was a " must " for many of the children and the institution was for teaching the " three R's " as well as the obligatory religious instruction . |
| 5 | The Book of Remembering was for remembering the animals but they had been dead for twenty thousand years . |
| 6 | ‘ Fretting clay ’ was for making the crucible in which the glass was melted , and the ‘ moolds ’ were wooden moulds lined with wax . |
| 7 | Robin was for consulting the trainer friend about the third race , but I felt this was tempting Providence too far . |