Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They just stopped him from choking the life out of bobby Carter because he had said everybody was for the war : if we did n't show them Russians what was what , who would ? |
| 2 | He guessed they were for the morals group , since neither he nor Mrs Frizzell ever really read a book , and he put them down again , still mystified . |
| 3 | It was a little Mini van that he ran around in saying it was for the band but really he had it because he thought it was ‘ a good shagging mobile ’ with just enough space in the back for ‘ entertaining ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ If Haines recommended the Jockey Club should be abolished we would have to consider it and if we felt it was for the benefit of racing we would do it , ’ Lord Hartington said . |
| 5 | Despite his brotherly teasing and criticisms , he was devoted to her and would not be speaking in this fashion unless he felt it was for the best . |
| 6 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
| 7 | Their lawyer , Patricia Hambrecht , says : ‘ We witnessed a dramatic drop in our appraisal business for donations to institutions , and even though we realised it was not in our narrow self-interest , we knew it was for the good of the overall arts community ’ . |
| 8 | I thought it was for the best . |
| 9 | Having been lucky with the only real audition I did which was for the RSC , I ca n't really complain about it . |
| 10 | Yes , fish it was for the mental energy to face our new situation . |
| 11 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 12 | ‘ They said it was for the best , ’ said Gloria . |
| 13 | Close colleagues who had decided he had to go said it was for the ‘ greater good ’ of the party . |
| 14 | The judge refused to grant an injunction , and said it was for the valuer to decide whether to proceed or not , and that the president of the RICS owed no duty to the parties not to make an appointment . |
| 15 | In his summing-up , the judge said it was for the jury to decide if Christopher How had been dishonest . |
| 16 | A little fat guy came in and said he was for the card game in Room 42 . |
| 17 | Of course she could say it was for the children , as people always did … |