Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] for a [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He confesses that at the age of 40 he had reached ‘ the proverbial midlife crisis ’ and was searching for a different way of life . |
| 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 | However , he played far better yesterday and was heading for a 67 until he unexpectedly dropped shots at both the 16th and 17th . |
| 11 | He was rewarded with the first Presidency of the BDDA and was reelected for a total period of twenty-eight years . |
| 12 | By now Caroline had left the London college and was working for a glossy magazine in Cardiff . |
| 13 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |