Example sentences of "was [verb] for [noun] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of 1990 Grayson found his way into the Preston first team and was selected for Lancashire last year in his first real season . |
| 2 | Erm also as far as the husband 's back trouble was concerned , I f I felt that perhaps you should 've got a bit more information about the fact that he was going for tests next week at the hospital . |
| 3 | A concert was scheduled for Sheffield last night , followed by others in Brighton , Bournemouth , Birmingham , Cardiff , Manchester and London 's Wembley Arena . |
| 4 | A TODDLER was fighting for life last night after he swallowed a bottle of lethal acid at a doctor 's surgery . |
| 5 | A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy was fighting for life last night after being hit by a bike at a moto-cross meeting . |
| 6 | LITTLE Jolene Watkins , 11 , was fighting for life last night after being crushed by a runaway car which hurtled into a play- ground . |
| 7 | The 1902 bridge over the River Rheidol was passed for service last year but it had reached the end of its working life . |
| 8 | The former England No 2 was admitted for tests last week after suffering a chest infection . |