Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time , Belinda had merely thought she was resting up for the party . |
| 2 | When his father was tucked up for the night , the son would wander out into the garden and enjoy the cool air as a contrast to the fug of the sick-room . |
| 3 | The cops worked shifts , but I was booked in for the run . |
| 4 | Clearly Helen has looked for ‘ explanations ’ to help her deal with such a painful experience , and the one she seems to have come up with is that she was picked on for the way she looks . |
| 5 | It was written in such haste that only the violin part was copied out for the performance ; Mozart played his part from memory . |
| 6 | Nowhere was this more apparent than in the complicated pattern of voting that was drawn up for the Council , varying according to the nature and source of the issue under discussion and ranging from simply majorities through qualified majorities to unanimity . |
| 7 | Over lunch at the Roof Gardens , an agreement was drawn up for the purchase of Powell 's share in Virgin , giving him one million pounds , the Scala cinema and the video-editing suites . |
| 8 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |
| 9 | Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar . |
| 10 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |
| 11 | At dusk , passing through the countryside , everything was slowing down for the night . |
| 12 | At eighteen , I was called up for the Army and I was three years there . |
| 13 | Thinking how quiet she 'd gone when he said he was coming up for the funeral and how she 'd seemed to withdraw into herself . |
| 14 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 15 | We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee . |
| 16 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 17 | The Bookish Portfolio , comprising shares in companies in the book business , was set up for The Bookseller in December 1981 , and liquidated last autumn . |
| 18 | He was closing in for the kill . |
| 19 | Simon was reaching out for the drum . |
| 20 | Although Clinton 's campaign chairman , Mickey Kantor , was among the transition team , he was passed over for the leadership after negative press reports and reservations from within the Clinton camp concerning his style and his role as a prominent lobbyist . |
| 21 | And er I was put up for the committee and was successful and sat on the committee for quite a number of years . |
| 22 | When Jeff Tyson was put up for the job of guitarist for Californian metal trio T-Ride the recommendation came from his ex-guitar teacher , Joe Satriani . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , a creditable show was put on for the public , which in true GWAD fashion , stood their ground despite what the elements threw at them . |
| 24 | Around me the camp was settling down for the night , bricks securing groundsheets , tent flaps tied tight , kerosene lamps hissing away their shadows . |
| 25 | As I left the next shift was settling in for the day , writing up diaries , reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea . |
| 26 | Lower bruised his left leg and was stood down for the rest of the afternoon by the course doctors . |
| 27 | When they arrived back at the Incident Room the little printer was locking up for the night . |
| 28 | I followed him out of the City until I was convinced he was packing up for the day . |
| 29 | On this occasion , everything was shut down for the night but in the morning when the armourers were about to start work , something went wrong . |
| 30 | Brentford striker Gary Blissett was sent off for the foul that resulted in Uzzell going to hospital for an operation to rebuild his cheek on December 14 . |