Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for one " in BNC.
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| 1 | They threw a party in his honour in the old Hut by the Strathmore Arms , where the revels were halted for one minute 's silence in memory of George 's brother , Guardsman Sidney Fawcett . |
| 2 | Unfortunately the 1926 Illuminations had to be terminated prematurely because of a miners ' strike , although they were reinstated for one night on October 2 for the opening of New South Promenade by Lord Derby . |
| 3 | Several methods of pedestrian flow and journey data collection were considered and 10 pre-Christmas shopping days of automated photographic data were gathered for one street in Nottingham city centre in a pilot study to test collection and interpretation procedures . |
| 4 | Sixty one patients ( 27 men and 34 women ) ( mean age : 41.8 years ; range : 17–74 years ) with irritable bowel syndrome were treated for one week with one of the following drugs : |
| 5 | The decision followed months of intense lobbying fuelled by reports that black African countries were pressing for one of their candidates , notably the former Finance Minister of Zimbabwe , Bernard Chidzero , as the next UN Secretary-General . |
| 6 | They were seen for one further session during which it was possible to help them reach a suitable compromise . |
| 7 | In 1987 , 103,078 applications were made for one of these , and 53,297 issued . |
| 8 | She would take herself out to lunch and do some shopping , look for those new lampshades that were needed for one of the spare rooms . |
| 9 | Still birth ratios by preceding birth interval were computed for one developed country ( Hungary , 1967 ) based on reliable national vital statistics ( see Tables 16 and 17 ) . |
| 10 | The authorities also announced their intention to issue five-year passports to Soviet citizens as a matter of right ( previously foreign travel passports were issued for one foreign journey only ) . |
| 11 | PAINFUL memories were revived for one Middlesbrough player when Lennie Lawrence welcomed his latest recruit this week . |
| 12 | From the moment that they were introduced it was plain that they were meant for one another . |
| 13 | Although originally the Roman calendar began in the spring on 1 March ( as reflected in our names for the months September to December ) , the consuls , who were elected for one year , in 153 BC began to take office on 1 January . |
| 14 | They were incubated for one hour at 4°C , with a series of PT-gliadin IgG rabbit antibodies ( 0.07 mg/ml , 0.028 mg/ml , 0.014 mg/ml ) diluted with phosphate buffered saline , pH 7.4 . |
| 15 | Plates were incubated for one hour at room temperature and then overnight at 4°C . |
| 16 | Rehydrated tissue sections were incubated for one hour at room temperature with each of the monoclonal antibodies at the following dilutions : anti-cytochrome P450 1A , 1/20 dilution in TBS of a 50% ammonium sulphate precipitate of hybridoma culture supernatant , and anti-cytochrome P450 3A as undiluted hybridoma culture supernatant . |
| 17 | A variety of courses was evaluated ; some were held for one evening a week for a term ; others were one-week full time ; some were award-bearing , others were not . |
| 18 | The continued need for economy was reflected by their rejection of the chaplain 's request for three dozen copies of the hymns for the Coronation Service , and the carpenter , the bricklayer and the engineer were granted two days ' extra holiday ( but were paid for one day only ) . |
| 19 | The supplementation dose was given for one month , in two or three tablets with meals . |
| 20 | Continuing his co-operating with our department , the owner contacted us and it was arranged for one of our Investigation officers to accompany him to Belgium in the guise of a mechanic . |
| 21 | Martin Lally did find the net with one of his long-range specials , but the goal was disallowed for one of his team-mates being in an offside position . |
| 22 | He might not ride winners these days , but just now and then all the disappointment of his life in racing was forgotten for one sweet moment . |
| 23 | DNA information was collected for one purpose many years previously in the case of Ray Williams . |
| 24 | Stirling volunteered and was accepted for one of the new Commandos , No. 8 , which was raised by Captain Robert Laycock largely from Guards regiments . |
| 25 | I was looking for one hole . |
| 26 | A degree of standardization was , however , attempted with the sample , which was to consist of those cases ( whether new referrals or existing cases ) for whom an assessment was made for one or other of three specific types of service provision : residential care ( ‘ Part 4 ’ in Scotland ) , respite or short stay care , and day care . |
| 27 | The mixture was stirred for one minute in a tube mixer and then centrifugated at 3000× g for 10 minutes . |
| 28 | Last night it was shown for one night only at a charity screening for St. Edward 's School in Oxford . |
| 29 | In 1956 , of course , the Conservative party was heading for one of the few post-war political events unequivocally more damaging to it than the current poll-tax furore — the Suez crisis . |
| 30 | Though he had no hope of beating Stevie or Buck , he was heading for one of the best net scores of the day . |