Example sentences of "[adj] it [was/were] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | First licensed by Bishop Lacey of Exeter in 1436 it was used for special intercession by barren women seeking fertility . |
| 2 | In 1892 it was offered for sale , as having two water wheels and two steam engines , driving eight pairs of stones . |
| 3 | It was called the TV room because all it was used for was to watch television . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought the longer it went on , the better it was looking for me . ’ |
| 5 | The tunnel was a failure both financially and in terms of use , being intended for pedestrians , and in 1865 it was converted for use by the London Underground . |
| 6 | It was hoped to use the Crown allotment in Exmoor Forest for this purpose , but after partition the Commissioners decided that it would not in fact be suitable , and in 1818 it was sold for £50,000 to a Mr Knight , who enclosed it . |
| 7 | Surprisingly given that it was chosen for closure , Banstead proved the more viable of the two hospitals in terms of admissions from the catchment area . |
| 8 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
| 9 | In May 1989 it was sold for $24.2 million at Sotheby 's in New York , to Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza , the Swiss billionaire industrialist . |
| 10 | In October 1988 that report was considered as is required by the complaints procedure by the relevant Commander of the Metropolitan Police and in November 1988 it was submitted for consideration by the Director of Public Prosecutions . |