Example sentences of "they [was/were] not for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Clara , walking by her side and hearing these words , burst suddenly and at last into loud hysterical weeping , and as the tears flooded down her hot cheeks she knew that they were not for her father , but for the meanness and the lack of love , and for the fear that she would die in so ugly a hole , and so unloved . |
| 2 | No one knows what these carved objects might have been for , so perhaps they were n't for anything , but a heartening prehistoric example of art for art 's sake . |
| 3 | Knew they were n't for gracing suburban dinner-tables , but for having fun with . ’ |
| 4 | No , but they were n't for them , cos they , does n't really matter , they 've got so much pocket out of gas But the Gas is erm , make them increase prices at five per cent less than the rate of inflation that way . |
| 5 | Yeah , well one lot of tablets were , was , they were n't for relaxing tablets but they were called er |