Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were never without one for even when your friends were unavailable , it was still possible to have splendid games just bouncing the ball against a wall and catching it , something that gave hours of pleasure and , what was more important , trained the eye . |
| 2 | It rocks you backwards and forwards and is supposed to stimulate the endorphins in your brain , helping to boost thinking power It did n't — but then I was only on it for about 10 minutes before I started feeling sick . |
| 3 | I was only in it for a lark . ’ |
| 4 | They decided that he was only in it for himself and was not the sort of person the comrades wanted to have with them , and definitely not part of the consensus . |
| 5 | ‘ I agree , but then he was only in it for the money . |
| 6 | It was just for their for their own use . |