Example sentences of "and [was/were] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Pliny spoke of the kraken in the Straits of Gibraltar , where it basked on the warm surface of the water and was mistaken for a series of small islands . |
2 | Gascoigne snapped his cruciate ligaments playing for Tottenham in the 1991 FA Cup Final and was sidelined for a year . |
3 | Spare Rib was already well established , and was joined for a period by the Leveller , another collective magazine , and the East End News , which produced the first attempt to appeal to ‘ the masses ’ of East London by dressing up Right-On concerns in chirpy Chas'n'Dave-style modernized Cockney . |
4 | Grundy , 35 , of Sprotborough , Doncaster — a promising policeman who had been acting sergeant and passed his inspector 's exams — admitted theft and was jailed for a year . |
5 | and was pulled for a stint |
6 | In Edinburgh , she met with representatives of SEAD and was interviewed for a media article . |
7 | This building probably held about 100 people and was used for a Sunday evening service as well as the Sunday School . |
8 | His drag double act with Roy Barraclough ( Coronation Street 's Alec Gilroy ) , harked back to Norman Evans and was used for a television commercial for the Post Office . |
9 | Preston sought anaesthesis in the colour supplement he had brought with him and was distracted for a while by a feature on Great Journeys undertaken or contemplated by the Rich and the Famous . |