Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fasting was maintained for a minimum of six hours . |
| 2 | Joel Gascoyne was apprenticed for a period of seven years from 21 October 1668 to John Thornton . |
| 3 | He fined himself a week 's wages for joining in a shouting match with Linfield officials after Tommy Leeman was booked for a tackle on Lee Doherty . |
| 4 | In February 1989 , when the Louvre was closed for a month , museum experts under the direction of Lola Faillant-Dumas examined the ‘ Marriage at Cana ’ with infra-red reflectography , using a Hamatsu camera attached to a screen for immediate visualisation . |
| 5 | During the 1890s , Millbottom was run for a time in conjunction with Days Mill . |
| 6 | After they went , Trebyan was let for a year or two till Maurice got hisself married to some up-country girl . |
| 7 | Islip and Flint were suspended for a month , and Iremonger ‘ severely censured ’ . |
| 8 | But just before the break Wilkinson was booked for a foul and Jamie Pollock was shown the yellow card seven minutes into the second half . |
| 9 | Nothing was amiss so Matthew was asked for a semen sample . |
| 10 | Jackson was asked for a test two days afterwards , but European officials said that was too late . |
| 11 | Fleming was booked for a foul on Chris Leadbitter , hurting himself in the challenge and receiving treatment before he was shown the yellow card . |
| 12 | Despite Howarth 's greater playing frame , Lees was reappointed for a year . |
| 13 | Owen was silenced for a moment . |
| 14 | Their ‘ winner ’ Carfax was disqualified for a breach of ownership rules . |
| 15 | A discriminating poet 's eye ( Thorpe 's Mornings In the Baltic was shortlisted for a Whitbread Poetry Prize ) to weld the fragments together . |
| 16 | Five minutes later Hibs Gordon Hunter was dismissed for a foul on Hateley , leaving Rangers with a comfortable last 25 minutes . |
| 17 | 27th minute : Durie was cautioned for a foul on Parlour . |
| 18 | In keeping with the policy of the Executive Committee that , in joining Congress , the Association would play its fullest part , the General Secretary , Ciaran Ryan was nominated for a seat on the Executive Council of Congress . |
| 19 | Kate was dressed for a date , not a party . |
| 20 | Central defender Nicky Mohan was booked for a foul on Nelson . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | When the injured Ripley left the field Falconer took over and shortly afterwards Pollock was booked for a foul and substitute Mark Proctor replaced Robbie Mustoe . |
| 23 | Francis was perplexed for a moment . |
| 24 | Because of his knowledge of languages Blake was recommended for a commission and was sent on to an officers ' training course at HMS King Alfred which in the spring of 1944 he passed and was appointed a sub-lieutenant in the RNVR . |
| 25 | Just before half-time he slid his easiest opportunity wide , then turned his back in favour of Mike Marsh after Hutchison was fouled for a penalty six minutes from time that clinched a fourth-round tie with Crystal Palace . |
| 26 | It all then got rather frustrating and a little worrying as Portsmouth looked more and more dangerous ; in the seventy seventh minute Les Robertson was booked for a foul on Russell and a minute later John Beresford booked for a foul on Nogan . |
| 27 | MSL were used for a variety of recruitment problems at various levels . |
| 28 | Peter of Corbeil was recommended for a prebend in York , given the bishopric of Cambrai in 1199 and then translated to the archbishopric of Sens in 1200 . |
| 29 | The case came to light at Liverpool magistrates ' court when Shaw Bakery was prosecuted for a lapse in food hygiene standards . |
| 30 | Ron Letts was killed for a load of alimunium worth less than 200 pounds . |