Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was dismayed by the vendor 's agents who confirmed they and their client were determined to hold out for double the offer . |
| 2 | Accordingly , nothing in his framework was designed to stand up for liberty where the legislature saw fit to intervene with new restrictive laws , or where the courts contrived to discover or develop them ; Dicey simply assumed that this would not occur . |
| 3 | Ron finally became angry and wrote me a letter asking when I was going to turn up for training . |
| 4 | I have a four foot tank which I was going to set up for Malawis , however , with the above in mind , what would you consider the best course of action : |
| 5 | Well I was going to go out for Jim 's |
| 6 | The archer had to be someone who knew I was going to go back for Gareth 's camera . |
| 7 | Before that girl took up with you the most she ever did in her life was get dressed up for church . |
| 8 | Or , from the Viz diary of a made-up Hollywood stunt man : ‘ I was asked to stand in for Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon II , but I turned it down 'cos Patsy Kensit 's got tits like fried eggs . ’ |
| 9 | The government announced on Aug. 20 that it was planning to open up for exploration by foreign oil companies areas that had hitherto been reserved for Indian state-owned companies . |