Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough . |
| 2 | ‘ Every seat was sold out for every performance when we did it last year . ’ |
| 3 | Morrison , whose girlfriend was travelling out for the Hong Kong tournament , reckoned that he sustained the injury when he turned quickly during Scotland 's opening tie against Australian Capital Territory in Canberra last week . |
| 4 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 5 | The High Sheriff of Cornwall , Sir John Trelawney , opened an ornamental gate with a silver key and a free tea was laid on for the children of the surrounding parishes . |
| 6 | The research was carried out for a doctoral dissertation on the princely sum of £410 per annum ( this was the ‘ married woman 's ’ rate of postgraduate grant at the time , £120 lower than the full grant ) . |
| 7 | I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave . |
| 8 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 9 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 10 | Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder . |
| 11 | A buffet lunch was laid on for the advisers , a chicken leg , various meat-filled butties , an apple and a large Kit-Kat . |
| 12 | A cheque for £3,017 was handed over for the Great Ormond Street Hospital . |
| 13 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 14 | Other bits stayed where they were , making her look like something Special Effects was trying out for the next Dr Who series . |
| 15 | Simon was reaching out for the drum . |
| 16 | There are indications that the mill was turned over for a time for saw milling , and possibly even cider production . |
| 17 | La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters . |
| 18 | La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters . |
| 19 | La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters . |
| 20 | ONE WAR WAS WINDing down for a while , not ending , because they never end . |
| 21 | Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar . |
| 22 | The Schlosspark at Donaueschingen was laid out for the princes of Fürstenberg in the eighteenth century . |
| 23 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
| 24 | Congress ( I ) retained control of the State Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh in elections held in February 1990 , and Agong Apang was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in March [ see pp. 37245 ] . |
| 25 | As I left the next shift was settling in for the day , writing up diaries , reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea . |
| 26 | The residency was set up for the Oxfordshire Area Health Authority by the City Gallery Arts Trust |
| 27 | And when we went then after Christmas the shop was closed down for the |
| 28 | On the Saturday before our departure our group was sent off for a day 's grape picking at Puyloubier , the rest home for injured and retired former legionnaires , in the foothills of Provence , about two hours ' drive from Aubagne . |
| 29 | Second-row Jackson was sent off for the first time in his career along with South Wales Police hooker Colin Hillman after the two were caught wrestling off the ball . |
| 30 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |