Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.

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1 The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings .
2 The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings .
3 Unfortunately , if you got too close to him you were tempted to look around for the source of the odour — perhaps there was an overdressed salad in the vicinity ?
4 In East Africa , travellers were advised to watch out for the variety of indigenous ‘ types ’ to be seen at railway stations , from the Islamic , partly Arabized , Swahili of the coast , to the Kamba and Kikuyu of the interior , and then , a special treat , the magnificent Masai , bearing their shields and spears in a sadly peaceable demonstration of subjection , before reaching the Nilotic peoples of the shore of Lake Victoria .
5 The Act was needed to make up for the shortcomings of the Sale of Goods Act , 1979 , which applied only to the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer and not to a situation where goods were being provided as part of a service , such as building work and car repairs , for example .
6 One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend .
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