Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He confesses that at the age of 40 he had reached ‘ the proverbial midlife crisis ’ and was searching for a different way of life . |
| 4 | The plaintiff lived in Totteridge and was evaluated for the poor rates by the assessors for Hatfield . |
| 5 | He had just won the Cannes Palme d'Or for Mission , and was looking for a new challenge . |
| 6 | She had just arrived and was looking for a cheap hotel . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Well , she was actually called Marian Evans and was looking for a masculine name to writer under . |
| 9 | I was directed to the house that had formerly been the inn and was admitted for an overnight stay with supper , bed and breakfast . |
| 10 | He was rewarded with the first Presidency of the BDDA and was reelected for a total period of twenty-eight years . |
| 11 | By now Caroline had left the London college and was working for a glossy magazine in Cardiff . |
| 12 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |