Example sentences of "they [was/were] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The missi were both priests and laymen ; they were appointed for a term of one year in specified countships and complaints against count or bishop were brought before them . |
| 2 | UN aid officials said yesterday they were prepared for a battle of wills with rebel Serbs in an attempt to get trucks loaded with emergency supplies through to starving Muslims in eastern Bosnia . |
| 3 | Throughout his time at university , Gedge was still seeing Janet Rigby , although they were separated for a year while she finished her ‘ A ’ Levels in Middleton . |
| 4 | They were silhouetted for a moment on the brow of the hill against a last pool of light among encroaching black storm-clouds . |
| 5 | Blackpool Council were impressed with the smooth running and high speeds , when they were taken for a trial run on July 1st in 1898 . |
| 6 | They were filmed for a documentary , ’ Twenty-four Square Miles ’ shot in an area that size in north Oxfordshire . |