Example sentences of "[coord] was [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He confesses that at the age of 40 he had reached ‘ the proverbial midlife crisis ’ and was searching for a different way of life . |
| 6 | Here again the core of the work probably dates from some time before ( late 1745 ) and was expanded for the 1747 event . |
| 7 | The plaintiff lived in Totteridge and was evaluated for the poor rates by the assessors for Hatfield . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He had just won the Cannes Palme d'Or for Mission , and was looking for a new challenge . |
| 10 | She had just arrived and was looking for a cheap hotel . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Well , she was actually called Marian Evans and was looking for a masculine name to writer under . |
| 13 | I was directed to the house that had formerly been the inn and was admitted for an overnight stay with supper , bed and breakfast . |
| 14 | However , he played far better yesterday and was heading for a 67 until he unexpectedly dropped shots at both the 16th and 17th . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He was rewarded with the first Presidency of the BDDA and was reelected for a total period of twenty-eight years . |
| 17 | By now Caroline had left the London college and was working for a glossy magazine in Cardiff . |
| 18 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ] . |
| 21 | He had expected a rise in road duty , but was hoping for a clearer differential between diesel and petrol prices . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |