Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We were taught to go for the jugular , ’ Buckmaster remarked .
2 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 ) .
3 He said : ‘ I believe that positive steps were needed to build for the future , particularly with the wealth of young talent now available .
4 An impressive range of intellectuals were persuaded to write for the UDC .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Were we on coke when we said , in the summer , that we were going to go for the sonnet ? ’
8 The specifications were sent to seven suppliers who were invited to bid for the installation of a new system .
9 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 .
10 A number of institutions were invited to tender for the contract to carry out research into the needs of the European manager .
11 Two companies were invited to tender for the supply of 8 PCs ( later increased to 9 ) at identical specifications supplied by C Will .
12 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 .
13 Already early on this Saturday morning he and his pupils were beginning to prepare for the banquet in the Imperial kitchens .
14 For the peasantry , the terms of Emancipation , under which they were compelled to pay for the land , were a bitter disappointment .
15 In the name of self-help , the Masai were asked to pay for the waterworks by selling cattle .
16 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 .
17 IN ANOTHER spectacular climbdown by East Germany , more than 6,000 East Germans , who had filled the West German embassy in Prague beyond bursting point , were allowed to leave for the West last night .
18 In almost all cases , relatives were not officially informed of the executions and were forced to search for the victims ' bodies in mass graves .
19 Libya 's transport links by sea and land were reinforced to compensate for the lack of international flights .
20 ‘ The Federation grew so quickly that in 1962 provincial councils were established to cater for the influx of new clubs .
21 The so-called citizenship campaign was launched in 1894 when members were urged to work for the return of women as poor law guardians .
22 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 .
23 The procedure was designed to compensate for the fact that the electoral register is not a very complete list of individuals ; it therefore depended on whether the adults resident had changed since the register was compiled .
24 The level of futures price was included to control for the possibility that , as the futures price rises , its variance also rises .
25 In the order of succession , the president of the Senate was empowered to substitute for the President during a temporary absence if the Vice-President was also absent .
26 After careful consideration , Fred Dunston explained the intolerable conditions to those concerned and it was decided to arrange for the return of the children to Bydown .
27 After considering updating the old parish church the decision was made to provide for the needs of the 21st century , building a church large enough for both the old St Peter & St Paul church and St George 's , Kettlethorpe .
28 JUNE 20 : Today I was selected to play for the village .
29 Katya had been moved into a small room near the kitchens , which she shared with Esmereldi , and she was told to cook for the soldiers .
30 Mixed model analysis of variance was used to test for the effects of intervention .
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