Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [was/were] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joel Gascoyne was apprenticed for a period of seven years from 21 October 1668 to John Thornton . |
| 2 | 3 years ago , Waddesdon Manor was used for a summit between Mrs Thatcher and President Mitterand . |
| 3 | RONNIE O'Sullivan was beaten for the first time in 25 snooker matches last night — Dave Finbow thrashed him 5-0 in the Dubai Classic . |
| 4 | Towards the end of the fourteenth century an Office for St Richard Hermit was written for the Priory in the hope of his canonisation . |
| 5 | In 1669 , Richard Baxter was arrested for the ‘ illegal ’ worship meetings held in his home . |
| 6 | His interest began after David Berkowitz was arrested for the Son of Sam murders , one of the most notorious murder cases in US criminal history . |
| 7 | Middlesbrough Council was attacked for a questionnaire about its cemeteries and crematoriums service . |
| 8 | Even the Clunbury Coach was forgotten for a while whilst the gems of Midland heritage were admired . |
| 9 | A Christmas tree was put up in Moscow 's Red Square for the first time , and on Christmas Eve the bells of St Basil 's Cathedral in Red Square were rung for the first time since 1917 . |
| 10 | Eleven Clay Cross councillors were surcharged for the money which would have been obtained had the Act been implemented and they were also disqualified from holding public office for a period . |
| 11 | A general election was held in August 1991 [ see p. 38397 ] ; Wee Kim Wee was elected for a second four-year term in August 1989 [ see p. 37574 ] . |
| 12 | In the report the former President , Chiang Kai-shek was criticized for the first time for failing to punish the officials responsible for the massacre . |
| 13 | A woolly-jumpered Colin Wilson was photographed for the press in his Notting Hill bedsit and under the tree in Hampstead Heath where he had worked on his best-seller The Outsider , a paean to the existential rebel Wilson wished to be . |
| 14 | Ben Gill was re-elected for a second year as deputy , and Tony Pexton for a second year as vice-president . |
| 15 | In elections held on March 28-30 , President Robert Mugabe was re-elected for a further term , and his ruling ZANU-PF party won 116 of the 120 elective seats in a restructured 150-member House of Assembly . |
| 16 | Last January , £1.5m was invested in Dublin , where the former Sealink Terminal was re-opened for the launch of Coastal 's new Dublin-Liverpool service . |
| 17 | The priory was plundered of its stones for Southover Grange , built for William Newton in 1572 , and Southover Manor was constructed for the Earl of Dorset 's steward to live in suitable style . |
| 18 | Mr. Gillespie was proposed for the Office . |
| 19 | Kenneth Dadzie 's term as UNCTAD Secretary-General was extended for a year until the end of March 1993 . |
| 20 | ‘ Although I have not seen the report , it does not surprise me that the Rover Group was sold for a song . |
| 21 | Between the 14th day of September 1987 and the 8th day of January 1988 conspired together and with other persons to defraud such persons who had or might have had an interest in dealing in shares in Blue Arrow , or National Westminster Bank , or in dealing on the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index , namely : 2.1 By dishonestly concealing holdings of 19.39 per cent of the share capital of Blue Arrow ; 2.2 By falsely stating that all remaining shares not taken up in the rights issue by existing shareholders had been sold in the market ; 2.3 By falsely representing that 33,315,528 shares in Blue Arrow held by County NatWest Securities were held for the purposes of market making ; 2.4 By falsely representing that 34,069,433 shares in Blue Arrow held by Phillips & Drew Securities were held for the purposes of market making ; 2.5 By dealing off market with Union Bank of Switzerland in 28,201,743 shares in Blue Arrow when by reason of their connection with that company they were knowingly in possession of un-published price sensitive information ; 2.6 By creating a false instrument , namely a letter of indemnity dated 5 October 1987 from Nicholas Wells on behalf of County NatWest to Union Bank Of Switzerland ; 2.7 By engaging in a course of conduct which created a false or misleading impression as to the market in the shares of Blue Arrow for the purpose of creating such an impression and thereby influencing persons who might deal in those shares ; 2.8 By purchasing and retaining 2,150 Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index put option contracts to cover a risk of £51,500,000 whilst concealing from the market the true position in relation to the rights issue and the subsequent placing of shares in Blue Arrow , where Blue Arrow and National Westminster Bank were both component parts of that index . |
| 22 | On Sept. 15 the border between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia was opened for the first time since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2 . |
| 23 | In July 1980 , AMES staged its first public demonstration , when the El Calvario church was occupied for a few hours to demand a reduction in the price of basic food stuffs . |
| 24 | If Louis Vuitton were paid for every LV logo in the souks , he could surely buy Marrakech . |
| 25 | Mr Prescott was selected for the British team last September after being awarded second place in the Mr Universe contest . |
| 26 | Mike Ford then shot over the bar from thirty yards , and in the thirtieth minute , Graham Hogg was booked for a challenge on Lee Nogan ; Hogg who 'd performed so well at the heart of the Portsmouth defence . |
| 27 | As a measure of the regard in which the family was held by the king , Archbishop Neile was able to secure a royal pardon for his son when Sir Paul was indicted for the manslaughter of a carman and other felonies in January 1636 . |
| 28 | Retired accountant Mr Collins was nominated for the honour for being a true pillar of his community , the village of Wrington , near Bristol . |
| 29 | Before 1800 he had installed gas apparatus to light the factory and the first public appearance of gas lighting was in 1802. this was when the outside of the Soho Manufactory was illuminated for the Peace of Amiens . |
| 30 | At the summit the United Kingdom was represented for the first time by John Major , who had replaced Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister on Nov. 28 [ see pp. 37839-40 ] . |