Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willis and four men were whisked off to jail for the night and released on bail . |
| 2 | Searchers were called out to look for the overdue hikers , and spotting their torches in the distance Alistair used his camera flash to attract their attention . |
| 3 | Two trade bodies were set up to press for a system of price fixing : the Associated Booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland in 1895 and the Publishers Association in 1896 . |
| 4 | A few million dollars were kept abroad to provide for the family 's regular needs from videos and colour television sets through to Nicolae Ceauşescu 's preferred Gillette razors . |
| 5 | Then in 1991 VAT was raised again to pay for the reduction in community charge . |
| 6 | The milk ration for children was increased specifically to compensate for the nutritional shortfall in school meals that would otherwise have occurred ; civil servants realised there would be a public outcry if the meat reduction took place and nothing was done to make up for it . |