Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 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 ) .
2 In the other task — category monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word belonging to a particular semantic category ( e.g. fish ) .
3 On arrival , conference participants were invited to sign up for a workshop of their choice .
4 Twenty five patients were lost to follow up for non-biliary reasons .
5 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 .
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