Example sentences of "it was [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Checkland 's contract came up for renewal , it was renewed only for a token year . |
| 2 | Aha that was just went in It was all blown to the side and that was it was kept just for the for the carol beasts for the sheds you see , for the that was what the what we saw what they bedded them down with that . |
| 3 | It was exchanged later for a black Old English sheepdog owned by some relatives of ours at Piercebridge . |
| 4 | It was developed specifically for the larger urban workshops and consists of an adjustable loom with a device which , by altering the tension on the warp strands , shifts the completed work to the rear of the loom , allowing the weaver to sit at the same level throughout the entire rug-making process . |
| 5 | By now , it was raining enough for the covers to go on over at Wimbledon . |
| 6 | When d'Argenlieu dispatched himself hastily to Paris a few days after the French elections and before the Haiphong incident , it was to lobby intensively for a policy of firmness ; and his tactic , says Devillers , was simple : to create fear . |
| 7 | Perhaps it is seeking to increase the audience , or perhaps it was lead astray for a while by the fact that , during the Conservative leadership contest , the exciting politics at Westminster were not in the Chamber . |
| 8 | Here again I respectfully agree with the observations made by Lord Donaldson M.R. , at pp. 324–325 , and by Neill L.J. , at pp. 326–327 , when rejecting the proprietary argument , which had not been advanced before Wright J. but which had rightly to be considered when it was put forward for the first time in the Court of Appeal . |
| 9 | If the war was n't actually forgotten , it was put aside for a few days in the district around Screehaugh . |
| 10 | Three years ago , it would have easily surpassed its $50–80,000 estimate but there was not a bid in the room , and it was sold afterward for a paltry $25,000 ( £17,850 ) . |
| 11 | It was set up for the administrative convenience of the London banks and the defendant and has been used principally in connection with the buying and selling of stocks and shares on the London market . |
| 12 | An addition to Rotterdam 's World Trade Center was built in 1986–87 and one part of it was set aside for a V.I.P. entertainment suite . |
| 13 | Put it on low and leave it the night and day cos it was left on for a week once was n't it ? |
| 14 | It was dreamed up for the Monkees and its original conception was supposed to loosely parody the Beatles ' films A Hard Day 's Night and Help . |