Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The six times world champion could see a full ball and the standard miss rule was applied for a forfeited frame . |
| 2 | But just before the break Wilkinson was booked for a foul and Jamie Pollock was shown the yellow card seven minutes into the second half . |
| 3 | Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti on Dec. 1 announced that his four-party coalition government was planning for a general election in March or early April 1992 . |
| 4 | Work on drafting a Directive specific to the mountain areas of the Community had already begun but one of the British government 's objectives during entry negotiations was to provide for a continuation of the special assistance hill and upland farms had hitherto enjoyed in the UK . |
| 5 | Professor Stephen Holgate , chairman of the Department of Health 's Committee on the Medical Aspects of Air Pollution , cited recent research in Aberdeen which suggested that car fumes were to blame for a doubling in the numbers of children suffering from asthma and hayfever . |
| 6 | VANILLA ICE was ticketed for a fire code violation in San Antonio , Texas , after inviting fans to gather around the stage . |
| 7 | In the early fifties after the war the Home Guard was reformed for a few years and some of us , having been demobbed from the forces rejoined , but somehow the spirit of the " Dads ' Army " had gone and one felt the enthusiasm was not there . |
| 8 | Unfortunately shrinkage of revenue from these sources was not compensated for by growth of revenue from the notional 1 per cent VAT on a common base because consumption expenditures were accounting for a declining share of the GNP of the EC . |
| 9 | At this point I could have gone home , foreseeing a frustrating week ahead full of missed takes ; nevertheless after a few words ( all unprintable ) from Rick the cat rod was recast for a third time . |
| 10 | The glider pilot was dazzled for a moment and lost sight of the tug . |
| 11 | From 1990 to 1992 , demographic information and serum samples were collected for a study of cardiovascular morbidity from over 8000 persons in five distinct regions of Turkey : Istanbul , a large urban centre in the northwest ; Ayvalik , an Aegean coastal town ; Aydin , a factory city in the southwest ; Trabzon region , rural Black Sea villages in the northeast ; and Adana , a warm southeastern city , with an agricultural-based economy . |
| 12 | Again the nine children were absent , and the Place of Safety orders were extended for a further twenty-one days . |
| 13 | Four crew members were needed for a ‘ steamer ’ which frequently operated day and night or ‘ fly ’ , as it was called . |
| 14 | Philips shares traded in London , Belgium and on the Instinet international trading system all soared on the news , by an average 9% by noon London time Friday ; the Amsterdam share market was closed for a holiday . |
| 15 | A raid on the adjoining rugby club meant that the phone lines at the University ground were cut for a day . |
| 16 | Delegates to the district zemstva were elected for a period of three years by three categories of voter voting separately : landowners , property-owners in the towns , and delegates from the volosti . |
| 17 | ELEVEN soccer fans were arrested for a variety of public order offences following Saturday 's Third Division soccer match between Hartlepool United and Stoke City . |
| 18 | Pest Control branches were scoured for a bubble big enough to get the van into , and the London East fumigators — Brian Bacon , Ian Buchan and Terry Hart carried out a successful fumigation . |
| 19 | When , six months later , the English Opera Group was looking for a boy soprano to play the Little Sweep in a new production of Let's Make an Opera — in which the young Michael Ingram had previously treated a Brixton audience to on-stage nudity — Benjamin Britten remembered Michael , not so much for his singing , but for the havoc he caused at the earlier auditions . |
| 20 | It was confirmed that the Rank Organisation was looking for a buyer for its five star Royal Garden Hotel in London . |
| 21 | We were billeted in the Grand Hotel , the massive Victorian pile which dominated Scarborough in turreted splendour from its eminence above the sea , and the big dining room was packed with several hundred shouting airmen , The iron discipline was relaxed for a few hours to let the Yuletide spirit run free . |
| 22 | Here too the danger of government instability was exchanged for a limitation on the power of government … |
| 23 | British Gas sponsorship was obtained for a comprehensive survey of client needs and perceptions of architects . |
| 24 | This carried them to the Plain of Finuval where the shattered remnants of the Elf armies were assembling for a desperate last stand . |
| 25 | Train services on the Esk Valley line were delayed for a short time and the Sprinter train was allowed to continue its journey after it had been examined by experts . |
| 26 | In Japan , however , government policy avoided this outcome ; the Japanese market was protected and in due course the world semiconductor market was targeted for a concerted Japanese effort . |
| 27 | I got another breakthrough , my typing teacher told me that the London County Council were advertising for a Medical superintendent 's Clerk at the Western Fever Hospital in Fulham SW6 . |
| 28 | Recently , the Syre Beat was sold for a sum believed to be well in excess of £3m , and there was no shortage of bidders ; including , it is said , the heir to Britain 's throne . |
| 29 | A SECURITY guard who kidnapped and killed an oil chief was jailed for a maximum 95 years yesterday . |
| 30 | No doubt Sophie was hoping for a lurid description . |