Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] was [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four thousand years ago a funeral pyre like this one was built for a woman who was either heavily pregnant or recently delivered of a child . |
| 2 | Four thousand years ago a funeral pyre like this one was built for a woman who was either heavily pregnant or who who had recently had of a child . |
| 3 | The one-piece oscar went to a Leiston man for £105 and the broken one was sold for an amazing £85 . |
| 4 | Later she was to think how little she was prepared for the simple events which were to change her life completely — indeed she would have said that so much had happened to her already that any further incidents must be minor , a judgement which could not have been more faulty . |
| 5 | When I meet women from other countries and they talk about Western feminism and Third World feminism , I did n't see it that way at all I was looking for a political party and I found that I could n't find any which suited my political beliefs and a party that combined Third World and British issues . |
| 6 | We were in Verbier in March 1990 with our two sons aged 9 and 11 , both good skiers , and a daughter of 4 who was skiing for the first time . |
| 7 | they , they all sitting on , a few of us sitting on the seat , the girl that was all shaky she was going for an interview at a Birmingham University another lady was going on to Northfield |
| 8 | In 1830 he was elected for the government borough of Rye and the following year was active as Tory assistant whip . |
| 9 | After that he was backed for the National and although the urbane Gaselee is not prone to hyperbole he feels that , if he reproduces that Haydock run , Party Politics will take all the beating . |
| 10 | He is the star of the 45-second Yellow Pages plug of 1982 which was screened for the following eight years , setting something of a record in advertising circles . |
| 11 | IN 1989 I was working for a community video project called Women 's Media Resources . |
| 12 | In December 1954 he was ridden for the first time by the reigning champion jockey Dick Francis : after the race Francis told Cazalet that he would like to ride Devon Loch one day in the Grand National … |