Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this is so only where the fence etc. was erected with reference to the highway and would probably not apply where the fence was erected for some other reason ( A.G. v Beynon , [ 1969 ] 2 All ER 263 ) . |
| 2 | The October 1990 rate cut was anticipated for some time in advance by the gilt market which bought gilts and drove up gilt prices ( see Fig. 17.3 ) , as was the continued fall in base rates over the next two years . |
| 3 | The commercial terminal was closed for some kind of police operation . |
| 4 | Accurate drawing was required for some constructions and teachers were asked to supply rulers , protractors and compasses . |
| 5 | And with Quine apparently attracted to Miss Novak , the scene was set for some off-screen highlights . |
| 6 | The aim was to put south Korea on a viable footing in case unification of the peninsula was postponed for some years . |
| 7 | Mark , aware of the problem , records that the reaction of the chief priests and Scribes was to look for some way to get rid of Jesus , but that they could not do so at that moment because Jesus was popular with the people . |
| 8 | Her new owner was prepared for some difficulty , and so took Anna to a good professional horsebreaker ; but to no avail . |
| 9 | This approach was followed for some months , so that an impressive list was produced of sensitive organisms , including many important pathogens . |
| 10 | Can he explain why that information was concealed for some weeks in one case ? |
| 11 | The idea of two particles so near in mass was troubling for some people and made them wonder if some misinterpretations had occurred ; in particular Patrick Blackett , another Nobel Laureate , raised a question as to whether there might be other explanations of the pion decay . |
| 12 | Either the money was earmarked for some special project like the building of the temple to Athena Nike , goddess of victory , a way of saying ‘ we have won the war against Persia ’ or else Athena was refused her one-sixtieth part , for symbolic reasons , the other fifty-nine sixtieths being paid in the usual way . |
| 13 | After closure of Woodhead as a through route , the Sheffield to Penistone section was retained for some time in order to allow upgrading of the route via Barnsley . |
| 14 | Interest was awakened for some when a TV programme about Archbishop Robert Runcie showed him with his cell group . |
| 15 | Tormented , Eliot was searching for some sort of salvation . |
| 16 | The stage was set for some alignment between the individual , a single political authority , and a single territory , culture and language ; a passive patriotism that was defined by the existence of clear enemies abroad . |