Example sentences of "was [prep] [noun sg] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noise level was about average for an electric machine , certainly quieter than petrol-driven models . |
| 2 | A SEARCH was under way for the two companions of a hillwalker found dead in the Cairngorms last night . |
| 3 | I was in bed for a straight seven days . |
| 4 | ‘ Virtually anyone who had some flannels was in contention for a first-team place as Eric Hollies , Tom Dollery , Ken Taylor , Bill Fantham and myself were the only prewar survivors . |
| 5 | A statement by the Protestant Action Force — a cover name often used by the banned Protestant paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force — said that the attack was in retaliation for the attempted murder by the Provisional IRA of Margaret Cooke , the widow of a policeman , in Londonderry the week before . |
| 6 | The UN Security Council was in session for a good deal of August , producing a series of resolutions condemning the invasion , imposing economic sanctions on Iraq , declaring Kuwait 's annexation illegal , demanding free passage for diplomatic missions in Kuwait City , and so on . |
| 7 | One company in particular felt that the appropriate hardware was in position for a total online information system , but the company needed assistance in setting up the system . |
| 8 | The new Arrangements are very similar to the 1988 Scheme , the main , and welcome , change being the removal of the lower tier in what had previously been a two-tier system for remuneration for advice at police stations : a solicitor could undertake up to £90 of work , extendable retrospectively , where the client was in custody for an arrestable offence , but only up to £50 ( non-extendable ) otherwise . |
| 9 | He was in time for the last flight of the night back to Jeddah . |
| 10 | Grain output rose by 6% , and wheat was in surplus for the first time in four years . |
| 11 | This was not the first purge it had masterminded ( though it would be the first of this scale ) ; the structure was in place for an invisible but comprehensive cleansing . |
| 12 | He was in hospital for a long time with the doctors far from optimistic that he would recover . |
| 13 | There was a car crash , she died , he was in hospital for a long time and when he came out everything had changed . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sure he was in hospital for an indefinite period anyway . ’ |
| 15 | Grant , who was on stand-by for the full squad for a European Championship qualifier against Romania last season , was , Roxburgh reasoned , not unlike the effervescent Stuart McCall of Rangers . |
| 16 | Once in Montrose , Colorado , when he was on location for a small role in John Wayne 's True Grit , he was standing in a bar , scruffy and long-haired , and for no reason at all , one of the locals took a swing at him . |
| 17 | In the fourth frame of their third-round match , Wattana was on course for a maximum but missed the 12th black with the rest after potting the first 12 reds and 11 blacks . |
| 18 | Mr Kinnock , reaffirming his confidence that Labour was on course for an overall majority , dismissed reports that Mr Ashdown was seeking four Cabinet places in a coalition with Labour . |
| 19 | Two other surveys that gave Labour a significant lead last week — fuelling Labour hopes that Mr Kinnock was on course for an outright majority — indicated that the gap had narrowed sharply . |
| 20 | At the time he infiltrated the organisation , he was on parole for a serious sex offence against a mentally retarded man . |
| 21 | Whether flockmasters wanted it or not , one was on view for the first time at the Llanelwedd event . |
| 22 | A MAN charged with murdering the licensee of a public house was on bail for an alleged attack on her , a court was told yesterday . |
| 23 | She wanted an indication that she was on target for a good performance in the London Marathon on April 21 . |
| 24 | I think Fairclough was at fault for the second goal — trying to be too smart . |
| 25 | George Dunlop , of Linfield , preferred to Allen McKnight , held out for 42 minutes , but when Fort Dunlop came under siege , the defences were found wanting , and the only Irish-based player on the field was at fault for the important first goal . |