Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were taught to go for the jugular , ’ Buckmaster remarked . |
| 2 | In terms of price , Hamer challenge Gibson 's own reissues amongst other quality guitars , and I 'm sure that if someone were to go shopping for an instrument with a classic tone , but prepared to keep an open mind and buy with their ears , then they may well end up going home with a Hamer . |
| 3 | They were expected to continue for a month , with a 10-day break in early September . |
| 4 | New boys were excused fagging for a fortnight until they had found their feet . |
| 5 | Other Somervillians who were selected to play for the University are Judith Buttigeig ( cricket ) , Mary Haslop ( fencing ) Jane Greenall ( football ) , Rose George and Ruth Roboski ( hockey ) , Katherine Walters ( netball ) and Anna Turner ( lacrosse ) . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I believe that positive steps were needed to build for the future , particularly with the wealth of young talent now available . |
| 7 | ANTI-apartheid supporters around the world were told to prepare for the lifting of international sanctions against South Africa during an African National Congress conference yesterday . |
| 8 | 1897 the Royal Navy conducted a punitive expedition against Benin ( in what is now Nigeria ) and brought back to Britain a large number of bronze castings which were sold to pay for the raid . |
| 9 | We need to shift to the procedure that we would probably have and a tell me if I 'm wrong I thought there was a sort of general agreement without it being sort of firmly agreed that we were going to go for a format of subject specific reports still coming to form tutor who would complete some sort of general report , is that |
| 10 | Were we on coke when we said , in the summer , that we were going to go for the sonnet ? ’ |
| 11 | There was a man who spoke a bit of English and he said they were going to send for a doctor , but I told them you suffered from fits and you 'd be all right . ’ |
| 12 | The specifications were sent to seven suppliers who were invited to bid for the installation of a new system . |
| 13 | It was only because we had the quality systems in place , okay we did n't have accreditation er at the time , but the quality systems were in place , that we were invited to tender for the Crossrail project for Rickmansworth station . |
| 14 | A number of institutions were invited to tender for the contract to carry out research into the needs of the European manager . |
| 15 | Two companies were invited to tender for the supply of 8 PCs ( later increased to 9 ) at identical specifications supplied by C Will . |
| 16 | Earlier this season Golf Monthly readers were invited to enter for the event : 720 fortunate golfers ( three amateurs and one assistant ) were balloted to compete in eight qualifying events around the British Isles . |
| 17 | Already early on this Saturday morning he and his pupils were beginning to prepare for the banquet in the Imperial kitchens . |
| 18 | For the peasantry , the terms of Emancipation , under which they were compelled to pay for the land , were a bitter disappointment . |
| 19 | 10 Which of these animals would you choose to be with if you were asked to pose for a magazine photograph ? |
| 20 | There might be a real risk of embarrassment to his full-time employers if he were asked to act for a client in his spare time who was on the other side of a case in which his main employers were engaged . |
| 21 | Centres approved to offer the unit were asked to tender for the pilot and Stevenson College , Anniesland College and QTAC , the business arm of Fife College , were selected to run it . |
| 22 | He strode to the reception desk , made a brisk enquiry and then came straight over to where Patrick and Chris were standing waiting for the lift . |
| 23 | He said that colleagues were determined to fight for a pay rise . |
| 24 | Libya 's transport links by sea and land were reinforced to compensate for the lack of international flights . |
| 25 | Although Muslims in some areas paid cizye , the burden of this tax bore most heavily on the Christians , who were required to pay for every male of twelve years of age on a sliding scale , according to his assessed wealth . |
| 26 | Even when all students were required to read for a degree and the certificate course was phased out , the debate — how much of a teacher 's training should be practical and school based , how much purely academic — continued . |
| 27 | ‘ The Federation grew so quickly that in 1962 provincial councils were established to cater for the influx of new clubs . |
| 28 | The so-called citizenship campaign was launched in 1894 when members were urged to work for the return of women as poor law guardians . |
| 29 | This was intended to run for a term of 15 years , yielding a Royalty of one-twelfth during the first two years , and a tenth part thereafter , " … sufficiently washed cleansed and made merchanteable … |
| 30 | Appeals must be made to the centre where the student was enrolled to study for the programme ; each centre will deal with the case in accordance with its appeals procedure . |