Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [vb pp] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And when Phil Newport was run out for seven Worcestershire were well down the road to their 90 all out — extras top score of twenty one — and it was still half an hour to lunch .
2 The centre of Milton Keynes was sealed off for several hours after a coded telephone message warned of a bomb in the town 's main shopping centre .
3 Wenceslas Square was laid out for one of Bohemia 's most attractive rulers , King Charles IV , Holy Roman Emperor , who was born and died in Prague .
4 The third sitting member , Alan Montgomery , made it clear that he would not be running , but Mr McGimpsey was squeezed out for one of the other two Unionist nominations .
5 It was a relief when , at 21 , Stan was called up for National Service .
6 The tail showed more application than the top of the order , and when Lamb was run out for 113 Jarvis and Dilley batted well to put on 53 for the last wicket .
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