Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some good reason no Hurricanes were available and orders were telephoned through for the Fulmars to get airborne and gain altitude over Hal Far . |
| 2 | He sent her some of his notes of what he had seen in their walks and frequently let her see his ‘ papers ’ before they were copied out for the editors . |
| 3 | Schemes of the same kind were drawn up for the forests of Chute , Pickering and Knaresborough , and in the soke of Somersham within the forest of Huntingdon , which the Attorney-General reported ‘ had not been in use for a long time past . |
| 4 | I think that year we were making up for the limitations of the one before . |
| 5 | Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough . |
| 6 | It was dreamed up for the Monkees and its original conception was supposed to loosely parody the Beatles ' films A Hard Day 's Night and Help . |
| 7 | A disaster fund was set up for the widows and orphans and they were reasonably well provided for financially , although the sums they received seem very small by today 's standards of compensation and value of money . |
| 8 | A buffet lunch was laid on for the advisers , a chicken leg , various meat-filled butties , an apple and a large Kit-Kat . |
| 9 | When Kent played Surrey in 1890 a fine spread was laid on for the gentlemen but the professionals ‘ were left to shift for themselves , and thought themselves lucky to get a bit of bread and cheese ’ . |
| 10 | The High Sheriff of Cornwall , Sir John Trelawney , opened an ornamental gate with a silver key and a free tea was laid on for the children of the surrounding parishes . |
| 11 | The Schlosspark at Donaueschingen was laid out for the princes of Fürstenberg in the eighteenth century . |
| 12 | And also any alterations or recommendations for the national agreement the case was put up for the delegates . |
| 13 | Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder . |