Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In half an hour , in eight overs , Hampshire were dismissed for 15 runs , their last scoring item being four byes .
2 Because SOEs were created for multiple reasons , most faced conflicting pressures from various constituencies and could not reconcile multiple , and conflicting , objectives .
3 The dead man 's brother , who was in the front seat , was ‘ comfortable ’ , and another passenger in the Toyota and four men in the Rover were treated for minor injuries .
4 About the same time TWW were looking for two journalists Ron Evans , a former journalist with the Empire News and the Sunday Times , had already joined the television company and he came over to Thomson House to check me out .
5 As the tension mounted , Mal Donaghy and Le Saux were booked for rash challenges .
6 Further , in rat experiments urinary exrcretions of PABA were measured for six hours after oral administration of 15 mg PABA-UDCA disulphate .
7 Biotinylated anti-mouse IgG and Streptavidin were applied for three hours or 30 minutes , respectively , whereas the subclass specific goat anti-mouse IgG conjugates were applied for 12 hours .
8 Barry Graham , 26 , of Tyree Close , Brandon and Jason Murray , 21 , of Victoria Avenue , Brandon were treated for minor injuries and discharged .
9 Attempts to control power station emissions in Europe were blocked for five years .
10 Telephone contacts with Vilnius were interrupted for several hours as was Lithuanian radio , broadcasting from temporary premises since the occupation of the radio and television centre in January 1991 .
11 Aaron Hayes , Daniel Williams and John Hughes were jailed for 15 months for conspiracy to rob and possessing an imitation firearm .
12 Both Mr Evans and Mr Morgan were suspended for three months .
13 In a telephone news conference on Aug. 6 from an unknown location , believed to be Israel , Bagsik claimed that the investigations into Art-B were started for political reasons , and that the company had become " pre-election meat " .
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