Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On arrival , conference participants were invited to sign up for a workshop of their choice . |
| 2 | In one task — rhyme monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word which rhymed with a cue word given in advance ( e.g. doubt ) . |
| 3 | In the other task — category monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word belonging to a particular semantic category ( e.g. fish ) . |
| 4 | While in former years parents were encouraged to stay together for the sake of their children , more recently emphasis has been put on the damage done to children by parents who do stay married but are in constant conflict . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The complexity was intended to last only for a transitional period . |
| 10 | And did the fourth consecutive Tory victory imply that Her Majesty 's loyal Opposition was destined to remain so for the foreseeable future ? |
| 11 | 20–6–1860 It was understood that Mr Sutherland intended to resign from the school at Mulindry and the Moderator was instructed to look out for a successor . |
| 12 | Jill returned in the spring of 1974 and was told to look around for a suitable site . |
| 13 | I was told to look out for a redstart at the next bend , its black face and chestnut tail showing for brief moments as it darted into the open , out and back , fly catching . |
| 14 | Two-way telemetry was used to compensate both for the atmospheric effects and for the first-order Doppler shift due to the relative velocity of the masers . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She was asked to hang on for a moment . |
| 17 | At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on . |
| 18 | One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend . |