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

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1 Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough .
2 Simon was reaching out for the drum .
3 Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar .
4 The Schlosspark at Donaueschingen was laid out for the princes of Fürstenberg in the eighteenth century .
5 Second-row Jackson was sent off for the first time in his career along with South Wales Police hooker Colin Hillman after the two were caught wrestling off the ball .
6 PREMIER John Major and his bungling sidekick Norman Lamont were shown up for the joke double act they are yesterday .
7 When Jeff Tyson was put up for the job of guitarist for Californian metal trio T-Ride the recommendation came from his ex-guitar teacher , Joe Satriani .
8 Although Taylor had a number of players out injured , Hateley was left out for the next match .
9 At about the same time as Jayne and Dave were tying the knot , creative director Nadia Marks was limbering up for the 20th anniversary of her wedding to writer husband Graham , whom she met at art school .
10 Open field sites in the vicinity of London were taken over for the construction of studios in the belief that it was heaps of brick and iron rather than organizational flair that explained the success of Louis B. Mayer or Samuel Goldwyn .
11 Brentford striker Gary Blissett was sent off for the foul that resulted in Uzzell going to hospital for an operation to rebuild his cheek on December 14 .
12 Andy Norman , who 's a sort of Sam Goldwyn of our athletics , spotted this key to his character years ago during a wait at Helsinki airport where Christie was hanging around for the last plane on a ticket about one grade up from cargo .
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