Example sentences of "was [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was joined for a short time by another dancer back from war service , Alan Carter . |
| 2 | ‘ In order to obtain judicially admissible evidence , US investigators would have to obtain proof that ( i ) a payment was intended for a foreign official , ( ii ) it was made with a corrupt intent , and ( iii ) it was made for a prohibited purpose . |
| 3 | I was intended for the religious life . |
| 4 | The household 's final act was to arrange for the immediate disposal of the viscera which , like the body , were almost certainly placed in a lead box within a velvet-upholstered outer case . |
| 5 | Mains was recalled for the solitary Test against Tom Grace 's Irishmen at Athletic Park , in which the All Blacks gained an undistinguished win , but Mains got a penalty goal and enough credit to keep him in the team for the great tour — South Africa , 1978 . |
| 6 | On Sept. 27 a new coalition administration was formed for the Basque region , under the leadership of José Antonio Ardanza of the Basque National Party ( PNV ) as President ( lehendakari ) . |
| 7 | Mr Ferguson felt United were in control until Pointon was dismissed for a crude lunge at United 's goalscorer , Ryan Giggs , in the 55th minute of the derby . |
| 8 | A verdict was given against a Liverpool Constable by a jury … in a case in which Mrs Jane Roche , wife of a bookmaker , claimed damages from Sergt. John Borrows ( who was dismissed for the malicious prosecution claim ) and Constable Ernest David Laurie of the Liverpool Police … |
| 9 | The mill-pond was drained for a three-year period in order to allow some necessary excavation . |
| 10 | Within a year , he was cooking for the Royal Box and state galas . |
| 11 | His wife Colette suffered facial injuries and nine-year-old son Jamie was treated for a fractured elbow . |
| 12 | One of the men was treated for a minor head injury , a statement said . |
| 13 | One boy , Dai Knoyle , was caddying for the great rugby player Barry John and took him back to his house to change . |
| 14 | In the same sale the top price of £11,700 was given for a twelve-piece Ring 's Pattern set of table cutlery in an oak canteen which was made in Sheffield in 1931 and £950 for a George IV coffee pot of panelled baluster form decorated with acanthus leaf motifs made in London in 1825 , probably by Joseph Angell . |
| 15 | In Ealing , approval was given for an administrative officer ( sum not specified ) to be appointed under MISG ‘ to co-ordinate the multi-agency work required by the care programme approach ’ . |
| 16 | Therefore , in the subsequent 56 patients adjuvant therapy with chenodeoxycholic acid 7 mg/kg/day and ursodeoxycholic acid 5 mg/kg/ day was given for an arbitrary period of three months after the procedure . |
| 17 | No availability date was given for the new release . |
| 18 | His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand . |
| 19 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |
| 20 | In fact this exercise was undertaken for the whole school , and led to a number of improvements to the programme in all year groups . |
| 21 | Later , an appointment was arranged for a private detective to call at Montpelier Walk . |
| 22 | A date was arranged for the following week for both events and I agreed to go with them . |
| 23 | By the creek , the main force of the islands ' fighters was gathered for the simultaneous assault on Belmont , which was shaking the ground even at this range , like the bass drum of a ceremonial band . |
| 24 | A score was assigned for a given profile , and computer facilities played a key role in the development of this area . |
| 25 | The team is to be lead by Dr. Boris Babaian of the Russian Academy of Science , inventor of the Elbrus-3 supercomputer which was developed for the Soviet space programme and is reported to be three times faster than a Cray Y-MP . |
| 26 | As we have seen , Lord Greene M.R. 's meaning of unreasonable was developed for the judicial review of discretionary power . |
| 27 | Leeds also had the ball in the net with the last kick of the first half but it was disallowed for no apparent reason . |
| 28 | Thus , while the stucco was engraved at the château of Monte Cristo , the Bey 's mausoleum was delayed for an entire year . |
| 29 | It was said with a kind of embarrassed formality as if he , not Dalgliesh , were the host and he was apologizing for the unexpected absence of the hostess . |
| 30 | The role of government , they believed , was to provide for the unhelpable residuum . |