Example sentences of "the [noun pl] were [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The baths were closed for a fortnight at least , for a complete disinfection , a change of water , much stronger chlorification and new instructions for the cleansing of the feet of would-be bathers and a thorough check-up of the much higher chlorine addition . |
| 2 | The lizards were examined for a number of morphological characteristics such as body proportions and colour , weighed , and released into four adjoining enclosures , one for each group . |
| 3 | To this was added the promise to privatise British Coal if the Conservatives were re-elected for a fourth term . |
| 4 | There was pressure from the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , for Mr Smith to declare firmly which way the Labour Party would be voting when the bill came up for its third reading , which many of the rebels were targeting for a full-scale revolt . |
| 5 | The organisers were looking for a nurse who could show how her work — both before and after the changes brought in with the New Contract — had helped her patients . |
| 6 | Because the bodies were designed for a narrower gauge , two and one seating was provided on the upper deck of Nos. 1–16 . |
| 7 | It is partly that the teachers were asking for a depth of cataloguing , a level of retrieval , that is very expensive . |
| 8 | The police were looking for a Pat and Jim , said Nicky , and here was Pat admitting that he and his friend Jim were in the general area of the crime at roughly the time it was committed . |
| 9 | He said this knowing that the architects were designing for a larger site quite unaware that only a portion had been authorized . |
| 10 | The baguettes were aged for a week to ensure they stood to attention . |
| 11 | The talks were extended for a third day after the Japanese agreed to drop the nuclear inspection demand during the current session . |
| 12 | It 's now fifteen months since the Tories were elected for a fourth term and what 've we seen since that election ? |
| 13 | In addition , potential shareholders were offered telephone vouchers or a bonus share issue if the shares were held for a period of three years , in order to try to prevent the immediate sale of shares after the issue . |