Example sentences of "and [was/were] [vb pp] 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 The plaintiff lived in Totteridge and was evaluated for the poor rates by the assessors for Hatfield .
4 I was directed to the house that had formerly been the inn and was admitted for an overnight stay with supper , bed and breakfast .
5 He was rewarded with the first Presidency of the BDDA and was reelected for a total period of twenty-eight years .
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