Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those worth £5 — £19 were roped in for the second loan , in 1523 , so paying a total of 15 per cent , not so very much less than what was expected of the £20 men , and of course a proportionately heavier burden . |
| 2 | Both players were brought in for the last six weeks of the season as McHale began to look ahead to next season when the Seasiders hope to mount a serious promotion push . |
| 3 | Patients were flocking in for the new treatment . |
| 4 | The last ten minutes of the journey were so exciting , I just could n't wait to plonk my feet in a nice bowl of water , then we reached the village we were to stay in for the next three weeks . |
| 5 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 6 | Raimondo , the designer , was frantic ; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives . |
| 7 | Djohar , 72 , who was sworn in for a six-year term on March 20 , was a former President of the Supreme Court and had served as interim President since the assassination of President Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman in November 1989 [ see p. 37033 ] . |
| 8 | Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister on June 29 at the head of a CPI(M)-led government . |
| 9 | 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 ] . |
| 10 | The CPI(M) was returned to power in State Assembly elections held in May 1991 ; Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in June [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 11 | President Hafez al-Assad was sworn in for a fourth term in office on March 12 . |
| 12 | Hissene Habre , President since 1982 , was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , after endorsement by a referendum on Dec. 10 ( see p. 37114 ) . |
| 13 | On March 5 Sharad Pawar was sworn in for a further term as Congress ( I ) Chief Minister . |
| 14 | Habré arranged elections and was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , but was overthrown on Dec , 1 , 1990 , by rebel forces from the east under the leadership of his one-time military commander Idriss Déby , leader of the Patriotic Salvation Movement ( MPS ) [ see p. 37907 ] . |
| 15 | Congress ( I ) retained power in Maharashtra in the State Assembly elections in February 1990 and Sharad Pawar was sworn in for a further term as Chief Minister [ see p. 37245 ] . |
| 16 | The Congress ( I ) Chief Minister , Pratap Singh Rane , who had been acting in a caretaker capacity after the legislative elections , was sworn in for a third term as Chief Minister . |
| 17 | Following the narrow victory of the Dominica Freedom Party ( DFP ) in the general election of May 28 [ see pp. 37448-49 ] , Eugenia Charles was sworn in for a third consecutive five-year term as Prime Minister and in early June announced sweeping changes to her Cabinet . |
| 18 | Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years . |
| 19 | This is a hybrid case in Banbury erm the opting out legislation was brought in for a specific purpose . |
| 20 | Her poor academic record was traded in for the sharpest of wits , her gaucherie for poise . |