Example sentences of "but [adj] [was/were] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could say , perhaps , that the Star Rank scheme was largely put on ice , but that was for want of a sponsor , which was always vital to the future of the scheme . |
| 2 | They might eat fruit and vegetables and dairy products but that was for their health , not because they liked them . |
| 3 | But that was for the future . |
| 4 | But that was for bored husbands , and businessmen dating their secretaries . |
| 5 | Perhaps , but that was for the future . |
| 6 | But that was for the future — you can read about it in one of my journals . ] |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Ah , but that was for me . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | there was a stall in on Saturday , but that was for the erm , was it Saturday ? |
| 12 | but that was for like the school trips so |
| 13 | Yeah but that was for carpets , was it , i is , is , is that , do they do the floor coverings there ? |
| 14 | And the horse it came up with this long wooden handle , I do n't know whether it was three or four , I ca n't remember , but that was for some couchgrass . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But this was for two flats . |