Example sentences of "she [was/were] [vb pp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She was joined for a short time by another dancer back from war service , Alan Carter . |
2 | She was referred for an urgent orthotopic liver transplant , which was subsequently performed . |
3 | The argument that she was employed for the specific purpose of teaching students , and therefore not eligible for dismissal rights , was rejected . |
4 | There was the proliferative retinopathy episode a few weeks ago , and when she was hospitalised for the threatened toxaemia we found that her blood glucose was actually better controlled at home now than in hospital … |
5 | Singled out from the dogs ' home Sorrel knew she was destined for a special life . |
6 | Michelle has an abundance of waist-length hair and although she was prepared for a radical cut , Patrick recommended keeping the length but blunt-cutting it to a clean , straight line : ‘ You do n't have to have mountains cut off to look different , ’ he said . |
7 | Later she was to think how little she was prepared for the simple events which were to change her life completely — indeed she would have said that so much had happened to her already that any further incidents must be minor , a judgement which could not have been more faulty . |
8 | If she was prepared for the worst then , God willing , it would n't happen . |
9 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
10 | No more than 14 when she pocketed the Scottish Girls ' title and the Scottish Girls ' Under-22 Stroke-Play Championship for a first time , Jane became the youngest ever to play for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup when she was chosen for the 1980 match at St. Pierre . |
11 | Her mother was a true believer in Christ , and after she was widowed for the second time , she came to live in Kidderminster in 1658 . |
12 | Janice , 26 , was on her way to start work at 8.30 last night when she was attacked for no apparent reason . |
13 | She was captured for the second time and remains disappeared . |