Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | George made a long thinking , grumbling noise , then said , mostly to himself : ‘ The paperwork must have been good … if they were living on it for eighteen months … they were n't escaped prisoners of war trying to reach Switzerland on a hand-copied Fremdenpass … |
| 2 | It is almost as if they were lent to us for their infancy and formative years , and are then entirely free to go their own way . |
| 3 | In general Wilson and Stewart were complimented on the political assistance they were providing in what for them was an " agonisingly difficult " situation . |
| 4 | He had about a dozen lorries on the road , and machines er working the roads there , all they were working for nothing for him , these lads and he 'd come along and before Christmas he 'd stop a couple of them , just before Christmas , he used to do that every year . |
| 5 | So that one really is telling a story , commemorating something in Danish history , when they were fighting for their for their freedom . |
| 6 | For example , if someone gave as their hobbies on their CV only reading and chess , and they were applying to you for a job where they would be working with the public , might you not have doubts about that person ? |