Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [was/were] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing she needed was for the plane to go without her . |
| 2 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 3 | Those whom they encountered were for the most part leading precarious lives ; they lacked the leisure , the mental energy , even the vocabulary , for speculation about the great issues of heaven and hell , death and judgement . |
| 4 | It was a tradition that avoided any real contemplation of the root causes of German unease ; their preference for ‘ action ’ , rested secure in the knowledge that everything they did was for the good of the nation , sanctioned by law and sanctioned by the German people . |
| 5 | The last thing they wanted was for the Americans to know they were about to learn their secrets . |
| 6 | All it needed was for the envelope to be stuck down . |
| 7 | Little damage had been done , all it needed was for the cargo to be reassembled , but , while several tourists were rushing energetically around attempting to do this , the drivers of the carts had taken time off to chat . |
| 8 | His particular predilections when he started were for the young artists of his won age who were beginning to reject the immediate traditions of their predecessors and experiment with new formulas of expression and technique in the 1940s and 1950s . |
| 9 | When I was a bit older , I thought he was probably a thief and that the bag he carried was for the loot . ’ |
| 10 | At this stage Hitler 's plans were still fluid , but the last thing he wanted was for the useful Danzig problem to be solved . |
| 11 | Why they found them striking was for the stylistician to explain . |