Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | E. Hindmarsh , Dene Side , Lanchester , Durham : A number of our Methodist Women 's Fellowship were gathered in our church for a weekly prayer reading . |
| 2 | What actually happened is that my Group said simply that our proposals for 11 to 16 year olds were built on our work for the primary stages , and that it would be absurd for us to bring out our second Report if its proposals were out of tune with the earlier attainment targets . |
| 3 | The comic TV rivals otherwise double act Flying Thing ( Russ Edwards and Sam Heald ) were going through their routine for tonight 's show at the Unity Theatre as part of the Liverpool Festival of Comedy . |
| 4 | Two years later he was married , and not long after he and a friend were busted in his home for possession of narcotics . |
| 5 | The Spurs twats around us were moaning at their team for playing good football . |
| 6 | In the course of a day hundreds of packages , grips and suitcases were consigned to his office for safe-keeping , and hundreds more withdrawn . |
| 7 | It is indeed a nice irony that two of the most famous characters in Scottish history , Mary and Knox , were united in their preference for countries other than Scotland , and that it was Elizabeth 's eventual , reluctant decision to have Mary executed , and her earlier unrelenting hostility to Knox , which catapulted them both into the realm of Scottish fascination and Scottish legend . |
| 8 | However , in 1898 , when America went to war with Catholic Spain over Cuba , international arbitration was forgotten and English Nonconformists were united in their support for Protestant America . |
| 9 | Just as Paul the apostle had once written of being ‘ transported into the third heaven ’ in a mystical experience of God , so mother and son were united in their desire for God . |
| 10 | We neither of us had much interest in contemporary British poets , but were united in our enthusiasm for Elizabeth Bishop , Marianne Moore , W. S. Merwin , Wallace Stevens , William Carios Williams , Charles Reznikoff , Theodore Roethke and Richard Wilbur . |
| 11 | There were also obvious similarities between teachers in the two LEAs in the way that positive attitudes towards SSE were associated with its potential for proposing change and with willingness to repeat the exercise . |
| 12 | On the other hand , public authorities do not usually commit illegal acts deliberately , and if an atmosphere of opinion were created in which compensation for illegality were seen as being simply compensation for loss and not as carrying any stigma of fault or as being designed to perform the function of deterring illegal conduct , public authorities might be able to put the chance of an award out of their mind in deciding the applicant 's case the second time round . |
| 13 | Students did not want to suffer such humiliation even though the new policies were implemented by their government for the betterment of the nation . |
| 14 | She stood silent , not knowing that he was struggling with his love for her . |
| 15 | Bowe was stripped of his title for refusing to meet Lewis in the ring . |
| 16 | Although , as we have seen , in 1828 Veitch was dismissed from his consulship for having addressed Napoleon as ‘ Your Majesty ’ instead of plain ‘ General ’ when he met the vanquished Emperor en route for St Helena , he had become such a popular figure in Madeira that , after representations from the island , he was reinstated by Lord Palmerston in 1831 . |
| 17 | We describe the case of a 17 year old woman who was referred to our service for treatment of panic attacks . |
| 18 | The patient was referred to our hospital for further evaluation and treatment . |
| 19 | No-one in Vienna knew her or me ; I was to perform on her behalf for the current season . |
| 20 | A WISECRACKING RABBI who was sacked by his congregation for his saucy remarks failed in his attempt to be reinstated to his Southgate Synagogue . |
| 21 | ‘ My Aunt Belle was confined to her bed for many years , ’ Finch said , blowing his nose in his health . |
| 22 | She was torn between her love for dancing and her dreams of family life . |
| 23 | MOTHER-of-two Wendy Pearce was trapped in her home for two days by a ram in her garden . |
| 24 | Rachel was hunting in her bag for a twenty-dollar bill . |
| 25 | Aunt Louise was seeking in her mind for the next verse , but it had gone . |
| 26 | Braniel woman Mrs Alexander Dodds ( centre ) , was presented with her prize for the ‘ Best Garden in the Braniel Estate ’ by judges Mr Albert Crooks and Housing Executive district manager Mrs Lorraine Campbell . |
| 27 | He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him . |
| 28 | The ministry 's acceptance of EDI technology was reflected in its support for the law passed in December . |
| 29 | Increasing concern over the effects of dredging sand and gravel from submerged offshore banks was reflected in our call for a full Environmental Assessment of an application for a licence to dredge part of the Helwick Bank off Gower . |
| 30 | It was crowded despite its size for Mrs Barling had made no effort to keep it private and there were TV crews on the driveway outside . |