Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] were [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eighty-nine lots were sold for a total of £1.55 million , with a further sixty-three lots failing to find buyers . |
| 2 | Can you possibly remember how much you were paid for your apprenticeship with Amos ? |
| 3 | Sadly , the momentum gathered in the early days of my crusade had fizzled out by April , when it became obvious we were heading for Division One . |
| 4 | It was possible we were headed for the marshes . |
| 5 | If this was really all we were fighting for , it seemed very feeble . |
| 6 | Sure they were pleading for protestants to go up there |
| 7 | They realize , after a painful time of feeling abandoned and finding the courage to analyse their relationship , that it was not all they were hoping for and love was wanting . |
| 8 | So suddenly it had come , all they were working for . |
| 9 | He had about a dozen lorries on the road , and machines er working the roads there , all they were working for nothing for him , these lads and he 'd come along and before Christmas he 'd stop a couple of them , just before Christmas , he used to do that every year . |
| 10 | Fifty-eight lots were sold for $16.1 million ( £10.73 million ) , with fourteen other lots left without buyers . |
| 11 | In this study , this was achieved by examining the estimated kilometre square populations together with those which were reported for the same areal units in the 1971 Census of Population . |
| 12 | In an appeal to exiles to return to Togo to " contribute their quota to the construction of their country " , he offered a " general amnesty to all those who were sentenced for political offences or plots against the nation " . |
| 13 | For those who were destined for university , for whom A levels and S levels were first invented , they could go even further . |
| 14 | She was especially concerned for those who were imprisoned for debt , particularly those who were the ‘ most worthy ’ . |
| 15 | However , compensation would only go to " those who suffered unusually under Nazi terror , for example , those who were used for medical experiments " . |
| 16 | We had the potent , theoretical motivator of vast unemployment in the area , and those who were working for us were considered to be the fortunate . |
| 17 | They were produced to introduce enquirers to the authentic and essential facts of the gospel and used as a basis of instruction for those who were preparing for baptism . |
| 18 | This was the first survey to attempt to study a nationally representative sample of those who were caring for the sick , elderly and handicapped , although there have been a variety of small local surveys and qualitative investigations of this topic . |
| 19 | She knew that a classic symptom of paranoia was the suspicion that those who were caring for you were trying to harm you . |
| 20 | A total of 38 Japanese MPs submitted a petition to the Myanma embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 22 expressing deep concern " about the military 's suppression and murder of those who were demonstrating for democracy , freedom of speech and the enforcement of a general election next year " . |
| 21 | By section 6 they were offered for sale if they were ‘ exposed for supply ’ ( see paragraph 16–12 above ) . |
| 22 | The Leeward Islands had tried to ignore Carlisle 's lieutenant-governor as early as the 1630s , and when the islands became royal colonies in the 1660s they were treated for a short time as separate communities , with each island being regarded as an individual colony . |
| 23 | Most amphitheatres were very large and all important towns possessed their own which were used for displays of all kinds but particularly for gladiatorial combat and exhibitions . |
| 24 | Suburbs sprawled out to provide homes for the newly prosperous who were searching for more peaceful surroundings . |
| 25 | Among women under 65 who were caring for more than twenty hours a week , only 40 per cent were employed , compared with 62 per cent of women generally ( Green , 1988 ) . |
| 26 | In the Pre-Campaign Wave and the two Campaign Waves we asked electors to give each party a mark out of ten for how inclined they were to vote for it . |
| 27 | It was n't just Frank they were looking for , if they had n't shot him already and buried him in some bog . |
| 28 | ‘ The four who were suspended for a year in 1984 after the demos during the Miners ’ Strike . |
| 29 | On the 13th we were warned for slow play . |
| 30 | We were we were not looking for an exception to policy E two we were looking for a policy which complements erm I five . |