Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [was/were] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm er that that was for a B B C computer . |
| 2 | Dad did n't speak to Mum on the phone , and he did n't see her , knowing that this was for the best in the long run . |
| 3 | And that was for a very good reason . |
| 4 | Only in one respect was any real money spent on Doctor Who , and that was for the TARDIS set in Episode One , the cost of which was spread out anyway throughout the rest of the season . |
| 5 | The pay was fifteen shillings a day then , and that was for the horse , cart and man . |
| 6 | The counselling development worker , Fiona McRae , adds : ‘ When we started there was only one other agency offering counselling that was completely free , and that was for the whole of Edinburgh . |
| 7 | And he could n't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they 'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them . |
| 8 | And that was for the |
| 9 | One relation in the database was for paragraphs , and another was for a semantic net that included the book 's outline . |
| 10 | that goal will always stick in my mind as one of my faves … along with the one by Justin Fashanu against Liverpool … but that was for a different team ( Norwich ) . |
| 11 | I know we used the video but that was for a very specific reason but if you know have you ever been to one of those lectures where there 's there 's overheads going on here and then they go and they write on there and they you have some slides and then you have a video and then you know it 's like being at Wimbledon . |
| 12 | In fact a month before her death , Leonie was treated at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon … but that was for a kidny infection , not the psychiatric treatment she needed for her annorexia nervosa … and she was released after four days . |
| 13 | But that was for the future . |
| 14 | Perhaps , but that was for the future . |
| 15 | But that was for the future — you can read about it in one of my journals . ] |
| 16 | there was a stall in on Saturday , but that was for the erm , was it Saturday ? |
| 17 | This was be this was er er there was a ceremonial parade when we stood down but this was er erm something that like that the town in recognition of the Home Guard Cos when the Home Guard was stood down it was a national er a national standing down so everybody all over the country er everybody in the country there 'd be a er a parade of some sort but this was for the Walsall detachment of the South Staffs Home Guard that was invited to , to the town hall for er a reception , it was quite it stood in re er I still can remember about it quite quite something to look back on that was really . |