Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , so what were doing is were , we hope were waiting for a new prisoner to be allocated to us , erm , and perhaps we could , perhaps we could , perhaps we can write and remind you think , think we should do that ? |
| 2 | One negative control sampled was processed for every three tissue samples examined . |
| 3 | In Scotland as a whole and in Edinburgh in particular , working-class women and girls mostly found themselves in work that in some sense extended their domestic role : housework , laundry , sewing , while better-educated middle-class women who worked were caring for the young and the sick as teachers and nurses . |
| 4 | What I did n't want was to work for a large organisation . |
| 5 | The ruling Democratic Liberal Party ( DLP ) held a national inauguration convention on May 9 , when President Roh Tae Woo was chosen for a two-year term as party president . |