Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was a long break as the cameras were set up for the dramatic shot over Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder . |
| 2 | Patients were flocking in for the new treatment . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The transformations complete , all six readers were lined up for the final photograph . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They had fetched him for Christmas and he was staying on for the New Year . |
| 7 | It was set up for the administrative convenience of the London banks and the defendant and has been used principally in connection with the buying and selling of stocks and shares on the London market . |
| 8 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 9 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 10 | She 'd never thought she was cut out for the domestic life , but she was surprised to find just how satisfying and fulfilling it really was . |
| 11 | But , although winning a famous victory over ( Sir ) Winston Churchill to become Labour MP for Dundee in November 1922 , he was passed over for the foreign secretaryship of the first Labour government fourteen months later . |
| 12 | Another £100.000 was put down for the National Union of Journalists , despite its clear and well-known policy of not investing in newspapers because of the inevitable conflict of interest in its role as champion of higher wages for journalists . |
| 13 | When Bud moved south to West Bromwich Albion in 1976 , he found himself in a deep trouble after a game against Brighton , when he was sent off for the unpardonable offence of kicking a referee . |