Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [adv prt] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There were no serious injuries , but one passenger was cut by flying glass and traffic was held up for over an hour . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Noel Blake was kicked out for exactly the same reason — he could nt handle being in a squad . |
| 5 | Their scrum-half Kevin Ellis was sent off for allegedly tripping his opposite number , Paul Bishop . |