Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought he would say nothing more , then he went on slowly , ‘ Gabriella and I were engaged for only three months . |
| 2 | My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children . |
| 3 | I was destined for great things — Oxford or Cambridge , a string of letters after my name , a successful academic career , and would no doubt end up being the first woman Prime Minister . |
| 4 | ‘ You see , Roger , ’ he commented , ‘ you were expected to take the road to Dover whilst I was bound for Scotland . |
| 5 | I was hospitalised for angina and my care was excellent . |
| 6 | I was chided for implying in last month 's notes that Somerset looked rather a better bet than Gloucestershire . |
| 7 | A few years ago , at a symposium in eastern Europe , I was chided for my non-Marxist attitude on stratigraphical theory . |
| 8 | When we got home I was thrashed for making my mother ‘ look a fool ’ . |
| 9 | I broke the new FIFA laws and I was punished for it . |
| 10 | I was kidnapped for ten days . |
| 11 | I was elected for two years running onto the NUS Lesbian and Gay Committee and served for one year on the London Students ' Organization executive committee . |
| 12 | I had to repeat things again and again , hoping that something would sink in , but I was rewarded for my efforts with the satisfaction of knowing that they all passed their examinations at the end of the year . |
| 13 | Then I was summoned for a talk : ‘ Do n't worry , we 'll get this man you suspect in for interrogation and the truth will triumph ’ . |
| 14 | While waiting for the call-up , various opportunities or openings of an official nature came my way , and I was summoned for interview , usually at extremely short notice , in connection with some of them . |
| 15 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 16 | My lack of culinary expertise has always been a source of great mirth to the men in my life and my well-attended failures embroidered into legends over the years , so I was prepared for the banter that accompanied dinner . |
| 17 | Even so , I do n't believe I was prepared for the facts . |
| 18 | So you could say I was prepared for the ‘ English way of Life ’ from what I 'd read . |
| 19 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 20 | When it finally stopped I opened my eyes , and though by this time I was prepared for anything I still felt slightly surprised to sec The Butcher threading a needle with a length of suture silk . |
| 21 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
| 22 | If you look at the history of the band , songs like I Was Made For Loving You , which had a kind of dance feel , we could have done much more of that and been successful with it . |
| 23 | I was stopped for speeding when I was 15 miles over the limit . |
| 24 | I was giving tea to my opponent who , though the same weight , was probably two years older , when I was sent for by Julian Hall , my fag master . |
| 25 | ‘ As soon as they reported it , Ipuky was informed and I was sent for . ’ |
| 26 | Anyway talking of nonsense you should 've seen the bill I was sent for my council tax it was quite pricey . |
| 27 | On 18 October I was sent for by Her Majesty and invited to form a Government . |
| 28 | Feel it 's what I was born for . |
| 29 | ‘ In fact , I think I was born for it . |
| 30 | She 's told me what I was born for — to bring her Undry . |