Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Certainly , these designs were employed for a period of at least forty years , and their designers might not always have seen them in the same light . |
| 4 | The baths were closed for a fortnight at least , for a complete disinfection , a change of water , much stronger chlorification and new instructions for the cleansing of the feet of would-be bathers and a thorough check-up of the much higher chlorine addition . |
| 5 | An accountant who bought and sold shares worth £250,000 in various public flotations using false names and addresses was jailed for a year and fined £25,000 yesterday . |
| 6 | A THIEF who stole from cars was jailed for a year yesterday . |
| 7 | Commons nearer to settlements were used for a variety of purposes . |
| 8 | The lizards were examined for a number of morphological characteristics such as body proportions and colour , weighed , and released into four adjoining enclosures , one for each group . |
| 9 | I listened to one choral song from Southwark Cathedral , prayers were said for a family whose names would mean nothing to the vast majority of listeners . |
| 10 | Two directors were suspended for a year and the chairman and manager banned from football for good . |
| 11 | In , all visual aids were used for a purpose . |
| 12 | THREE men who kidnapped Post Office security guards then threatened their families were jailed for a total 40 years yesterday . |
| 13 | Tenders were sought for a prototype body , 50 feet long and 8 feet wide , clearances for which were tested with the remaining Coronations . |
| 14 | In December 1990 , tenders were invited for a consultancy in the privatization of eight of the twenty flagship state companies . |
| 15 | The author recalls that tenders were invited for a site for 40 bungalows in the West Country , overlooking the sea and a fishing village . |
| 16 | An engineer designing a horseless carriage is not obliged to retain structural features that existed solely to adapt the carriage to the horse ( although , in fact , such primitive features were retained for a time ) . |
| 17 | Some of the earliest reinforcements were used for a counter-attack by Linsingen and Bohm-Ermolli on the northern edge of Brusilov 's offensive . |
| 18 | Cotton also presented in 1987 17 patients , two ( 12% ) developed biliary related problems requring surgery , one having a stormy postoperative period but no deaths ; two had a second endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with duct clearance and five died of unrelated causes ; the remaining eight patients were followed for a mean of 39 months . |
| 19 | On a roll , finances were accumulated for a Temperance Institute , and a foundation stone was laid in Gladstone Street in July 1902 . |
| 20 | Necks were strained for a glimpse of the stranger and a buzz of excitement speculated as to his identity . |
| 21 | MOVES to set up a national watchdog to monitor the integrity and accuracy of government statistics gained momentum yesterday when plans were announced for a meeting to draw up firm proposals , writes Rosie Waterhouse . |
| 22 | In the late 1970s plans were prepared for a fleet of HSTs to operate the North East-South West ( Newcastle/Leeds-Cardiff/Plymouth ) route and these were introduced from 1982 . |
| 23 | Meanwhile plans were made for a visit to Italy . |
| 24 | A draft treaty on mutual legal assistance , drawn up by Panama , was agreed and plans were approved for a summit on measures to counteract drug trafficking in the region to be held in Belize during February 1993 . |
| 25 | Foundations were laid for a rivalry between the two countries which was to be one of the principal causes of the First World War . |
| 26 | Thereafter , although the Florentines continued to import English wool , they did not carry it in their own ships , and in the 1480s proposals were made for a wool staple at Pisa , with English ships having the monopoly of the carrying . |
| 27 | Elections were held for a number of other posts on Sept. 23-24 . |
| 28 | He had added that his new possession would need ‘ a bit of doing up ’ , but other engineers working at Nigel 's firm seemed almost as fascinated as he himself , and once it arrived on the premises Nigel remarked jokingly , ‘ Not too many lighthouses were made for a couple of years . ’ |
| 29 | In June and July , the two months following the decision to make visitors to the Boboli Gardens pay at the gate , a total of 88,000 tickets were sold for a revenue of L364 million ( £173,300 ; $346,700 ) . |
| 30 | Twin Otters were tried for a while , but proved uneconomic on short routes . |