Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The events that followed have been chronicled by several of those that took part , My fate was similar : we were to listen out for a coded signal from Group at Lyon if we were to proceed to the target . |
| 2 | ‘ When we were looking around for a royal to open the centre , we were promised as soon as someone was available for a royal visit , we would get one , ’ said Peter Carberry , chairman of Darlington Mind . |
| 3 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 4 | Three thousand tabs of Ecstasy were handed over for a thick wad of notes . |
| 5 | So while he and Stapleton were led out for a little exercise , the Blue Cross carpenter , Alan Key got to work . |
| 6 | The news when Rain reached the office was that Tavett was again being questioned by the police ; there were insistent rumours of a row between Maureen and Barron ; the freedom of speech people were muttering obscenities because their latest attempt at a cartoon had been rejected ; and the Patriotic Ten were casting around for a fresh mind to help them get their statement into publishable form . |
| 7 | Ho and Pottz were sent out for a sudden-death surf-off . |