Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After their big score on Wednesday , world champions Pakistan were skittled out for just ninety-three at New Road . |
| 2 | Phoenix were bowled out for just 46 , Bill Dwyer top scoring with an unbeaten 21 . |
| 3 | An area of one square mile around Oxford Street was sealed off for almost five hours and traders , already hit by recession , lost millions of pounds . |
| 4 | ‘ If anything , containers were left in for too long to start with , though often it works well to leave the containers rinsing while you 're doing something else like working out field rates . ’ |
| 5 | There were no serious injuries , but one passenger was cut by flying glass and traffic was held up for over an hour . |
| 6 | A pair of Derwent jet engines , once fitted to Meteor WL181 and latterly used as runway de-icers were hammered down for only £750 . |
| 7 | GARY STEVENS ' injury torment took another turn for the worse yesterday when the Rangers full-back was ruled out for up to six weeks with a stress fracture of the knee . |
| 8 | Put in on a slow wicket , Montgomeryshire were bundled out for just 65 taking up virtually 45 overs . |
| 9 | Noel Blake was kicked out for exactly the same reason — he could nt handle being in a squad . |
| 10 | Their scrum-half Kevin Ellis was sent off for allegedly tripping his opposite number , Paul Bishop . |