Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were lengthened selectively for a limited-stop service after ten new trailers were ordered for delivery in 1960 . |
| 2 | The events that followed have been chronicled by several of those that took part , My fate was similar : we were to listen out for a coded signal from Group at Lyon if we were to proceed to the target . |
| 3 | ‘ When we were looking around for a royal to open the centre , we were promised as soon as someone was available for a royal visit , we would get one , ’ said Peter Carberry , chairman of Darlington Mind . |
| 4 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 5 | Our investigations of characteristics of user establishments were made only for the private sector , since we assumed non-market forces to be of too great importance in the public sector to permit most of the relevant propositions to be tested . |
| 6 | In many fields , however , the use of cash limits , monitoring and sub-contracting served only to stabilize employment levels ( Table 5.8 ) in the face of growing demand ( for instance for health services , unemployment benefit or policing ) , and permanent reductions were shown principally for the civil service and nationalized industries . |
| 7 | Rice , coal and rubber were sold abroad for the exclusive benefit of French shareholders in Europe , and Annamese coolies were driven hard in the mines and on the rubber plantations for paltry pay ; peasant rice growers , too , were frequently robbed of their lands on flimsy pretexts so that bigger holdings could be granted to French colons and the few rich Annamese who collaborated with France . |
| 8 | Three thousand tabs of Ecstasy were handed over for a thick wad of notes . |
| 9 | They were locked away for the closing stages of the case in Denver , Colorado , to prevent the tragedy influencing their decision . |
| 10 | Then there was a long break as the cameras were set up for the dramatic shot over Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder . |
| 11 | Patients were flocking in for the new treatment . |
| 12 | So while he and Stapleton were led out for a little exercise , the Blue Cross carpenter , Alan Key got to work . |
| 13 | The idea of providing proper station buildings was not forgotten , however , in 1988 , planning began in the hope of attracting grant aid and alternative designs were put forward for a new building . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The transformations complete , all six readers were lined up for the final photograph . |
| 16 | The news when Rain reached the office was that Tavett was again being questioned by the police ; there were insistent rumours of a row between Maureen and Barron ; the freedom of speech people were muttering obscenities because their latest attempt at a cartoon had been rejected ; and the Patriotic Ten were casting around for a fresh mind to help them get their statement into publishable form . |
| 17 | Ho and Pottz were sent out for a sudden-death surf-off . |
| 18 | The appointment of Stewart as vice-captain , opening batsman and wicketkeeper collapsed when Gooch missed the second Test , with Blakey consequently keeping wicket in two Tests when he was intended only for the one-day internationals . |
| 19 | PLANNING clearance was given yesterday for the shore-based part of a £1.5 billion gas project which will create spin-off contracts for firms in the offshore supply business , writes Frank Frazer . |
| 20 | The research was carried out for a doctoral dissertation on the princely sum of £410 per annum ( this was the ‘ married woman 's ’ rate of postgraduate grant at the time , £120 lower than the full grant ) . |
| 21 | For most work completed prior to 1989 construction was carried out for the Regional Council by teams employed under the Special Measures Programme of the City of Edinburgh District Council with financial support from the former Manpower Services Commission . |
| 22 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 23 | Medical treatment was considered only for the remaining three patients . |
| 24 | He was looking not for a new policy for Britain , but for a political protege for himself , someone who would be more gracious and romantic than Chamberlain . |
| 25 | She knew perfectly well that he was not very interested in paintings and that he was looking only for a secluded place where he could kiss her . |
| 26 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
| 27 | One of these latter patients ( no 13 ) was operated on for an obstructive small bowel relapse and in this patient , as in the two others , gastroscopy and chest computed tomography showed both lung and gastric recurrences . |
| 28 | CONCERN was growing today for a 13-year-old schoolgirl who has been missing from her home in Limerick for six days . |
| 29 | Three years ago , it would have easily surpassed its $50–80,000 estimate but there was not a bid in the room , and it was sold afterward for a paltry $25,000 ( £17,850 ) . |
| 30 | The war was going well for the galactic empire . |