Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THREE appeal court judges were asked to rule for the first time yesterday that parents could sue doctors for negligence over the loss of a child though the fatal injuries had been suffered before birth . |
| 2 | Priests were allowed to vote for the first time since the 1920s , due to the repeal of anti-clerical legislation in January [ see p. 38758 ] . |
| 3 | The train was beginning to slow for the next station . |
| 4 | He fought back the word ‘ sorry ’ , which was threatening to erupt for the third time . |
| 5 | Hulme did n't get his weekend , and was ordered to train for a third team match the following Wednesday . |