Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1707 , Gibraltar became besieged by the Spaniards and it was defended for three years by General Elliot , who became Lord Heathfield and who bought Heathfield House , facing Turnham Green , from Lord Egmont , in 1789 . |
| 2 | Either local cultivators and pastoralists were cleared from the land completely and it was reserved for European immigrants , or in some cases ( like Uganda and larger parts of Tanganyika ) local cultivators were encouraged , or forced , to grow crops for sale either as export crops or as food crops to feed the mining workforces in southern Africa ( for longer accounts of the processes of settler immigration and colonial policies , see Rodney 1972 ; Palmer & Parsons 1977 ) . |
| 3 | Continuing his co-operating with our department , the owner contacted us and it was arranged for one of our Investigation officers to accompany him to Belgium in the guise of a mechanic . |
| 4 | However , Indonesia in particular was reluctant to endorse the proposal and it was referred for further discussion at committee level . |
| 5 | The southern Mediterranean region is its home , and it was used for many centuries by the Arabs . |
| 6 | It 's completely restored and it was used for several films — Macbeth and Becket , to name two of them . |
| 7 | 19E was delicensed on 17 February , but instead of being put into store like the others , it was painted plain red and fitted with primitive snow brooms , which were no more than boards with bristles attached , fitted in place of the lifeguard gates and it was used for sweeping snow in the Croydon area until 31 March 1937 . |
| 8 | Its working past laid the foundations of a good beef breed and it was improved for that specific purpose during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , by selection rather than crossing ; it was said ( rather coldly ) to ‘ die well ’ , that is , to yield a lot of meat in the best cuts . |
| 9 | ‘ Eric was late , ’ he said , ‘ but we were prepared for that and we waited . |
| 10 | We was in a two-bedroomed erm council flat but they were intended for old age pensioners like you know . |
| 11 | He began life as a commercial photographer and worked for Renault , but he was sacked for bad time keeping after late nights in the darkroom . |
| 12 | True , he went to rouse Sir Ralph but he was searched for any weapons , he had no key , and even if he had entered the room , favoured son or not , Sir Ralph would scarcely have offered his throat to be cut . ’ |
| 13 | " Your pal at the shipping office was n't hard to check on , because he 's been in our hands — no charge in the end , but he was detained for twenty-four hours while inquiries were made . |
| 14 | Aszal had all the documents required from a returning immigrant , but he was questioned for four hours and made to wait for four hours and then told he could go . |