Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adv] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not for my protection , but for hers . |
| 2 | This was all for her benefit . |
| 3 | He 'd thrown rocks at windows of offices and works they 'd sacked him from , he 'd defaced buildings , scratched officials ' cars and mutilated bonnet mascots ( though that was largely for his own safety ) and he 'd made bomb-hoax telephone calls . |
| 4 | At any rate , he disapproved , but perhaps that was partly for my mother 's sake . ’ |
| 5 | I gave him a rocket , but that was more for my own good than his . |
| 6 | We gave him whiskey and had n't to tie him up till the morning and that was only for his own good . ’ |