Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation . |
| 2 | He was going to lose her for good and was powerless to stop the inexorable wheel of Fortune from taking her from him . |
| 3 | Spennymoor impresario John Wray met Angie last summer and was inspired to book her for several tours of the North-East . |
| 4 | And he called it the well he was asked to make one for other blacksmiths . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |