Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun prp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By summonses dated 16 October , against each plaintiff , the defendants sought a declaration that in the circumstances the English court had no jurisdiction over the defendants in respect of the subject matter of the claim or the relief or remedy sought and an order that the action be dismissed on the grounds that the defendants were domiciled in Scotland for the purposes of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 and that Schedule 4 to the Act provided that the defendants should , subject to exceptions which were not applicable , be sued in the courts of Scotland . |
| 2 | Tom and Faye 's parents were living in London for a year , and most of Bill 's family lived in Cairns , so there was to be no Russell or Hamilton family Christmas this year . |
| 3 | A spokesman for Wiltshire County Council explained : ‘ The dogs were made in Taiwan for an Andrex promotion but when the shipment arrived at Southampton the company decided they were sub-standard . |
| 4 | Divorcee Rebecca Gunner and daughters Sarah and Nicola were flying from Amsterdam for a sunshine break on the Algarve , Portugal . |
| 5 | If you were to fly to Athens for the first time and take a taxi to an address in the city , you would be unable to assess whether the route was circuitous , or the baggage charge was normal . |
| 6 | You know again it was a professional company it start with we were doing in Manchester for a week 's training . |
| 7 | Widespread ‘ light nights ’ were observed over Eurasia for the first few nights after the Tunguska event . |
| 8 | In May , Thomas and Martha were tried in London for the murder of their children ; Thomas was found not guilty — as there was no evidence to suggest a motive , or that he was in the area at the time — and Martha was acquitted on the grounds of insanity . |
| 9 | In a West Country summer whose consequences were to stay with Coleridge for the rest of his life the most significant event was yet to come . |
| 10 | Stoddard 's North American Agents , Patrick Carpet Mills from California , were welcomed to Elderslie for a three day visit in April . |
| 11 | Adam and Eve were created by God for a glorious destiny with him . |
| 12 | The proceedings of the Legislative Council were sent to London for the perusal of the Colonial Office and were reported in detail by the local press . |
| 13 | We were held off Malta for a while because of air raids ( so what 's new ! ) before landing at Hal Far . |
| 14 | He was to go to Brighton for a fortnight in another play , in 1950 , A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry , whose well-wrought and ‘ difficult ’ verse dramas had so unexpectedly caught the taste of the public . |
| 15 | The next morning , a Sunday , he agreed to Dick 's suggestion to see a West German doctor , had tests done the following Wednesday and was referred to Zurich for an operation a week later . |
| 16 | LITTLE Laura Davies , who was flown to America for a double transplant operation , is due to return home this week . |
| 17 | After a short rest in California , John Henry was flown to Chicago for the inaugural Arlington Million . |
| 18 | The British Catalogue of Music Classification was developed by Coates for the British Catalogue of Music in 1960 . |
| 19 | Ondansetron was developed by Glaxo for the treatment of nausea and vomiting associated with cancer treatment . |
| 20 | The bus was to come to Burleigh for the swimmers at five-thirty , and then drive to Sturford , the county town , where the championships were to take place . |
| 21 | It was the following year that the ghost was seen at Althorp for the first time . |
| 22 | It was not felt appropriate to raise this as a direct question to the authorities so an application was made to Namibia for an amateur radio licence for a Dxpedition to the Penguins . |
| 23 | A study using engineering estimates of costs was made by Pratten for the Cecchini Report , and this finds evidence of cost advantages from increasing output levels in some industries ( see Table 2.4 ) . |
| 24 | It was not until 1947 that he was selected by Surrey for a Championship match , and in 1948 he twice took five wickets in an innings . |
| 25 | ‘ The paper said Richard Arnold was going to Florida for the launch of the communications satellite . |
| 26 | She was going to Spain for a holiday she and her friend Tracy |
| 27 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 28 | The poor frightened girl packed her things and ran out , saying she was going to Reno for a divorce . |
| 29 | Yes , there is a ski garderie in Verbier ; unfortunately it is in the centre of the village , and since there was no snow in the village the Mini Champion Club was closed from January for the rest of the season . |
| 30 | He was rusticated from Cambridge for a year , and never returned . |