Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] [pron] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also disappointed were some who hoped for an inauguration of a holy war against the Roman occupation of Judaea : he taught non-resistance , love to enemies . |
| 2 | On the one hand , there were those who argued for a simple causal relationship between education and security in the labour-market . |
| 3 | There were those who fought for the joy of fighting and those who slew for the sake of slaying . |
| 4 | One of the most farcical rivalries was that which existed for a time between two groups of prisoners who earlier had been in different Oflags . |
| 5 | Next day they had taken the mirror and the pottery and the porcelain to Long Melford because there were more antique shops in Long Melford than anywhere else they had seen , but £20 was all they got for the lot . |