Example sentences of "were [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On arrival , conference participants were invited to sign up for a workshop of their choice . |
| 2 | In one task — rhyme monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word which rhymed with a cue word given in advance ( e.g. doubt ) . |
| 3 | In the other task — category monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word belonging to a particular semantic category ( e.g. fish ) . |
| 4 | They were preparing to check in for a flight to Tokyo . |
| 5 | Cars have been popular in the movies since Mack Sennett was wrecking them around 1914 in such shorts as Lizzies of the Field — not funny to some members of early audiences , who were trying to save up for a Ford Model T or ‘ tin Lizzy ’ . |