Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for the [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | So William and Preston were sent for the Instruction that William 's grandad had so artfully dodged . |
| 2 | It was argued for the husband that the wife should have been awarded a lump sum of £532,000 , calculated in accordance with the principles established in Preston v Prestion ( 1982 ) Fam 17 and Duxbury v Duxbury ( 1987 ) FLR 7 , to provide sufficient income to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the former wife of a millionaire . |
| 3 | My lack of culinary expertise has always been a source of great mirth to the men in my life and my well-attended failures embroidered into legends over the years , so I was prepared for the banter that accompanied dinner . |
| 4 | In the example of Alex in the chapter no allowance was made for the fact that an item had been in use for some time . |
| 5 | In particular , I was waiting for the hedgehog that made its nest at the end of our garden last autumn to come back to life . |
| 6 | However , it was contended for the bank that Fashions and Wholesale remained indebted to BCCI for £600,000 and BCCI then became accountable to Mr Sawar for £300,000 ; this amount would then be limited to the dividend payable in the liquidation . |
| 7 | Most consternation was reserved for the prospect that the Japanese will probably get there first . |