Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At eighteen , I was called up for the Army and I was three years there . |
| 2 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 3 | I was taken there for the first time when I was six weeks old in a motor side car down from London to just within ten miles of Bury St Edmunds . |
| 4 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 5 | And er I was put up for the committee and was successful and sat on the committee for quite a number of years . |
| 6 | The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ? |
| 7 | The cops worked shifts , but I was booked in for the run . |
| 8 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 9 | At the time , Belinda had merely thought she was resting up for the party . |
| 10 | And he saw the ring , his ring , that she was wearing openly for the occasion , beside Anne Mowbray 's wedding-ring on the third finger of her left hand . |
| 11 | She 'd never thought she was cut out for the domestic life , but she was surprised to find just how satisfying and fulfilling it really was . |
| 12 | Clearly Helen has looked for ‘ explanations ’ to help her deal with such a painful experience , and the one she seems to have come up with is that she was picked on for the way she looks . |
| 13 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 14 | I think that year we were making up for the limitations of the one before . |
| 15 | The last ten minutes of the journey were so exciting , I just could n't wait to plonk my feet in a nice bowl of water , then we reached the village we were to stay in for the next three weeks . |
| 16 | They were appointed initially for the World Cup and then reappointed to take Wales through this season 's Five Nations Championship . |
| 17 | RUGBY Union rookies Tony Underwood and Martin Hynes received a boost to their England hopes yesterday when they were called up for the today 's game against Leicester . |
| 18 | From then on , Nos. 1–16 were transferred to the Sutton route in 1907 , and on which they were employed exclusively for the rest of their days . |
| 19 | They were locked away for the closing stages of the case in Denver , Colorado , to prevent the tragedy influencing their decision . |
| 20 | At the back of the house was a lock-up gaol and if any one caused any trouble they were locked up for the night , then transported the next morning by the local ‘ taxi ’ , which was a horse and cart , to the police station at Brough to be tried . |
| 21 | They were left on the car park , so people knew they were parked there for the night . |
| 22 | But while they were gearing up for the Hi-de-Hi job , Wirral 's Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals went short of clean bedlinen . |
| 23 | They were cleaned up for the arrival of summer and then it was not unusual if they were repaired before the onslaught of winter . |
| 24 | The Head of Department replied that they were used mainly for the Sixth Form , for example , the History of Art' … my predecessor bought them for departmental use , but my belief is that kids should be actively involved in creative work , not passively looking at film — and we have difficulty with blackout , too'. ( verified note of meeting ) |
| 25 | They were heading straight for the belt of shrubbery where he and Larsen had taken cover , and which Larsen had just vacated . |
| 26 | He sent her some of his notes of what he had seen in their walks and frequently let her see his ‘ papers ’ before they were copied out for the editors . |
| 27 | So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count . |
| 28 | Oh , must be Friday then , I knew they were going away for the week , weekend |
| 29 | Aha that was just went in It was all blown to the side and that was it was kept just for the for the carol beasts for the sheds you see , for the that was what the what we saw what they bedded them down with that . |
| 30 | It was developed specifically for the larger urban workshops and consists of an adjustable loom with a device which , by altering the tension on the warp strands , shifts the completed work to the rear of the loom , allowing the weaver to sit at the same level throughout the entire rug-making process . |