Example sentences of "i was [vb pp] [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 JUNE 20 : Today I was selected to play for the village .
2 At the recent Annual Parish Meeting of Nether Wyresdale I was asked to press for the extension of the pavement at least as far at the end of the existing hedge .
3 It was an enormous poster of various garden birds which I was asked to do for the school office .
4 My next bout of health problems prevented me from continuing this search , and I was forced to wait for the weather to become a little sunnier before taking the risk of venturing out .
5 They refused to open the gate , and became aggressive , so I was forced to pay for the extra hours parking .
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