Example sentences of "he [vb past] it [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a later interview he was asked for what the Nobel had been awarded ; Eliot replied that he assumed it was for " the entire corpus " and the reporter asked , " When did you publish that ? " |
| 2 | He thought it was for sex . |
| 3 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer . |
| 6 | But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message . |