Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " 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 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |
| 5 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , if you got too close to him you were tempted to look around for the source of the odour — perhaps there was an overdressed salad in the vicinity ? |
| 7 | In East Africa , travellers were advised to watch out for the variety of indigenous ‘ types ’ to be seen at railway stations , from the Islamic , partly Arabized , Swahili of the coast , to the Kamba and Kikuyu of the interior , and then , a special treat , the magnificent Masai , bearing their shields and spears in a sadly peaceable demonstration of subjection , before reaching the Nilotic peoples of the shore of Lake Victoria . |