Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staff in Sainsbury stores were also warned to look out for ‘ trolley lifters ’ as shoppers took goods from each other 's baskets after shelves were cleared of food . |
| 2 | But the individual members of Lloyd 's , mostly people who were dabbling way over their head in a subject about which they knew little , were often persuaded to hang on for things to improve . |
| 3 | In 1952 Walter Luff should have retired , but was twice persuaded to stay on for another year by the Transport Committee . |
| 4 | It was then seen to pitch up for several seconds and then pitch down with increasing engine noise . |
| 5 | I was almost tempted to strip off for a plunge but sensed , then saw , a figure on the bank above . |