Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] [was/were] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately I had taken my camera-bag with me , so fishing was abandoned for a while as I attempted to take pictures of moving birds from a moving boat ! |
| 2 | Meanwhile plans were made for a visit to Italy . |
| 3 | Normally provision was made for a 0.303″ Lewis gun to be mounted on a Scarf gun ring in the three gun position on Iris IIIs , but S1593 had the bow cockpit enlarged to house a 37mm COW gun . |
| 4 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 5 | It was a moonlight night and from 11pm Ted was waiting for the platelayers ' arrival as their company would liven his long shift . |
| 6 | Soon America was clamouring for the dollar to be let in : its burden of debt to oil-rich countries , which since the late 1990s had refused payment in dollars , had become too great . |
| 7 | AN evil gang who kidnapped two families to force the managers of a bank and supermarket to hand over £96,000 were jailed for a total of 65 years yesterday . |
| 8 | Minutes later Ross was calling for the manageress of the designer-wear department — and imperiously stating his requirements . |
| 9 | A sum of about £204 was collected for the Social Care Commission of the Archdiocese . |
| 10 | Here permission was given for the construction of a large courtyard development of twenty-six houses and flats , quite out of character with the compact eighteenth-century house , in the belief that the profits yielded from the sale of the flats would go back into the house . |
| 11 | When the Dolphin Scissors were launched last year , H. Cubitt linked sales to a unique sponsorship scheme whereby 5p was donated for every pair of scissors sold . |
| 12 | At least £1,000 was raised for the wildlife charity Zoo Check at an auction for the winning paints during the prize-giving ceremony . |
| 13 | He left unsettled estate of over £2.5 million , of which almost £200,000 was bequeathed for the benefit of London hospitals , and a year 's salary to each member of the staff of Barings . |
| 14 | Maybe Emma was visiting for the weekend ? |
| 15 | MOVES to set up a national watchdog to monitor the integrity and accuracy of government statistics gained momentum yesterday when plans were announced for a meeting to draw up firm proposals , writes Rosie Waterhouse . |
| 16 | It became the permanent home of the German race with the exception of 1959 when the race was staged at Avus , and 1970 when Hockenheim was used for the first time . |
| 17 | As a result of this evening over £100,000 was raised for the NCH . |
| 18 | Also affected was the Mill Arts Centre where concert-goers were waiting for the evening 's performance to begin … |
| 19 | A hint of the depth of feeling in Stockport appeared in the Stockport Advertiser on 4th June 1856 , when tenders were invited for the building of a new grammar school in Shaw Heath . |
| 20 | There was no correlation between faecal fat ( g fat/24 hours ) and faecal bile acid ( µmol bile acid/ 24 hours ) excretion in the patient group as a whole or when patients were stratified for the presence or absence of liver disease ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 21 | Many excellent drawings , models and written work were produced and over £200 was raised for the RNLI . |
| 22 | Cheered and keyed up in expectation of the pleasant story-book sight in prospect , her hot hand squeezing the scone in her pocket , she followed the path as it passed under the line of windows , before it skirted the domed conservatory where flowers were grown for the house : cactus , geraniums , gloxinia , palms , bird of paradise , passion-flower , maidenhair fern , all throve here in damp and forceful luxury . |
| 23 | But there could have been a little more hope if Huddersfield referee Steve Bell had given a penalty when David Cork was manhandled to the ground in the six yard box when Quakers were looking for an equaliser . |
| 24 | A budget of just over £300,000 was allocated for the Programme . |
| 25 | Our earliest known inhabitant , " Hailing Man " , is now securely dated by the radiocarbon method to about 2000 B.C. His skeleton came to light in August 1912 when workmen were excavating for a sewage tank behind the railway station . |
| 26 | When the injured Ripley left the field Falconer took over and shortly afterwards Pollock was booked for a foul and substitute Mark Proctor replaced Robbie Mustoe . |