Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To nine patients out of ten she was the first hospital sister with whom they had been confronted , and the great majority , when they walked , were pushed , or were carried for the first time through the double doors of our main entrance , were very apprehensive and trying to hide the fact . |
| 2 | Perhaps those who came in repentance and were prepared for the running waters of Jordan to flow over their heads in judgment were thought of as undergoing the judgment of God in symbol so that they would not have to undergo it in its awful reality on the Day of Judgment . |
| 3 | ‘ On the 20th July we reached the 26th degree of S. Lat. , and were visited for the first time by the Cape petrel . |
| 4 | In Trinidad , West Indies were without Richards and were led for the first time by Desmond Haynes . |
| 5 | In 1923 Van Der Meulen applied for the post of consul there and was selected for a three-year training in Arabic and Islam by the great Leiden Arabist , Snouck Hurgronje . |
| 6 | Its cost was £5,000 per car and was destined for the twelve sun saloons and six of the 1937 railcoaches , although these never materialised . |
| 7 | Ieremia Tabai has been President since independence and was elected for a fourth term on May 12 , 1987 , despite a constitutional prohibition on any individual serving more than three terms in the post . |
| 8 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
| 9 | He confesses that at the age of 40 he had reached ‘ the proverbial midlife crisis ’ and was searching for a different way of life . |
| 10 | Here again the core of the work probably dates from some time before ( late 1745 ) and was expanded for the 1747 event . |
| 11 | The plaintiff lived in Totteridge and was evaluated for the poor rates by the assessors for Hatfield . |
| 12 | It moved northward through France from the Mediterranean coast and was recorded for the first time in Britain at a site in Hampshire , in March 1961 . |
| 13 | He had just won the Cannes Palme d'Or for Mission , and was looking for a new challenge . |
| 14 | She had just arrived and was looking for a cheap hotel . |
| 15 | Earlier that year he had met a merchant from London who had money to spare and was looking for a likely speculation and Harry , being in the right place at the right time for once , had sold him the idea of investing in a privateering cruise to the Americas . |
| 16 | Well , she was actually called Marian Evans and was looking for a masculine name to writer under . |
| 17 | I was directed to the house that had formerly been the inn and was admitted for an overnight stay with supper , bed and breakfast . |
| 18 | However , he played far better yesterday and was heading for a 67 until he unexpectedly dropped shots at both the 16th and 17th . |
| 19 | FRANCE 'S conservative op-position routed the ruling Socialist Party in yesterday 's first round of the general election and was heading for the biggest landslide victory this century . |
| 20 | He was rewarded with the first Presidency of the BDDA and was reelected for a total period of twenty-eight years . |
| 21 | By now Caroline had left the London college and was working for a glossy magazine in Cardiff . |
| 22 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |
| 23 | Mowbray was frustrated over Achilles tendon and ankle injuries , and was suspended for the last game when Celtic suffered an embarrassing home defeat to Hibs . |
| 24 | At the last presidential elections , held on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 , 1988 , Mauno Koivisto , the candidate supported primarily by the SSDP , failed to win the required absolute majority but was re-elected for a second term by the electoral college on Feb. 15 [ see pp. 35853-54 ] . |
| 25 | He had expected a rise in road duty , but was hoping for a clearer differential between diesel and petrol prices . |
| 26 | JANSHER KHAN narrowly avoided a ban but was fined for the second time in six weeks by the International Squash Players Association yesterday — and lost ranking points which may cost him his world No.1 spot . |
| 27 | There is a poem by his friend Philip Larkin , entitled ‘ Letter to a Friend about Girls ’ , which was never published during Larkin 's lifetime but was retrieved for the Collected Poems of 1988 . |