Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was always a long wait for an appointment , sometimes up to a month , and women were only kept in for 24 hours if it was a normal birth . |
| 2 | Where inmates were once locked up for 23 hours everyday a more liberal attitude now prevails . |
| 3 | These rabbits were probably fattened up for some special occasion . |
| 4 | Over 75% of respondents to the survey said that distribution and hotline services were good ( Tiptree and Penguin were consistently singled out for special praise ) , and that wholesalers were outstandingly efficient . |
| 5 | Talybont were then sent back for 109 , Wheeler hitting 33 not out and Simon Lloyd Williams 31 . |
| 6 | Haynes was eventually run out for 62 and left the field in tears thinking he had lost his team the match , but by then only three more were needed and Roberts was striking the ball well . |
| 7 | After US obstruction , a Committee of the Board of Governors of the IMF was eventually set up for this purpose late in 1972 . |
| 8 | Although stool collection in their study was only carried out for 24–48 hours , it was done at home . |
| 9 | India was largely cut off for long periods , and its under-developed arms and textile industries were required to supply substantial quantities of ammunition and tents to British forces in the Middle and Far East . |
| 10 | Helen ( 20 ) was yesterday locked up for seven days for what the judge described as a ‘ nasty campaign of noise and harassment ’ . |
| 11 | The former England midfielder underwent surgery to remove a blood clot on Monday and was promptly ruled out for ten days . |
| 12 | And you think that you 're lucky to be alive in that respect , but I 've never really thought that I was specially picked out for some reason to carry on living . |
| 13 | Stoke actually hit the back of the net in the 59th minute , but Kevin Russell was controversially pulled up for off-side . |
| 14 | That set the fur flying and even United coach Geoff Konopka was also sent off for serious misconduct . |
| 15 | I was nearly chucked out for that , I left before they could chuck me out , actually . |
| 16 | Mr McKeag ( later Dr McKeag ) had been immensely popular on the Circuit and was often invited back for special services . |
| 17 | ‘ I was really pumped up for this one , I was even doing chin-ups on my bed last night . |
| 18 | ‘ I told you not to ask , ’ he said when the line was grudgingly given over for another fifty seconds . |