Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shock news came as Roker manager Malcolm Crosby was completing his preparations for tonight 's visit of Second Dvision leaders Ipswich Town the first of four crucial games in seven days . |
| 2 | This time , the Daily Mail was reporting his conviction for armed robbery . |
| 3 | There was , then , unanimous agreement that the overriding function of the continuation schools was to prepare their pupils for ‘ the efficient discharge of the duties of citizenship ’ , but it was also understood that in order to make this viable , young people had to be taught to ‘ increase their adaptability and skill in bread-winning occupations ’ . |
| 4 | Moscow 's main response to such attempts to apply reverse influence was to intensify its search for access elsewhere , especially in Syria . |
| 5 | Harold was flexing his muscles for the perfect balance , teeth bared , knife poised over his head . |
| 6 | There was the usual battery of clicks and coughs which signalled that the internal communications system of the Cathedral was girding its loins for action . |
| 7 | He believed an , as yet unidentifiable , soccer manager was using my house for adulterous purposes with a young female on his staff . |
| 8 | Agnes sipped her drink assuming that Magill was watching her face for signs of disappointment . |
| 9 | The C-in-C was sending his car for her , and when it arrived , I saw her to the quay . |
| 10 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 11 | In 1786 , when Robert Burns was preparing his poetry for publication for the first time , he took his manuscript to Glenconner and read his poems to the Tennant family for their approval or otherwise . |
| 12 | Sylvia was pestering her mother for a story one morning after breakfast . |
| 13 | But Gary was keeping his predictions for the gilt market restrained . |
| 14 | Edward agreed to renounce his claim to the French crown , while John was to abandon his demand for sovereignty over the lands ceded to the English . |
| 15 | But even as Elizabeth Mowbray was finalising her plans for departure , Fate intervened . |
| 16 | The troops had tears in their eyes as Des was awarded his medal for pet of the year . |