Example sentences of "[conj] were [vb pp] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | All participants were interviewed by using a standard questionnaire and were asked to return for follow up examination every four months . |
| 2 | When the converted attained the faith they were no longer merely formal Christians and were predisposed to work for a righteous world . |
| 3 | In almost all cases , relatives were not officially informed of the executions and were forced to search for the victims ' bodies in mass graves . |
| 4 | But , although they nearly ran out of steam and were forced to settle for a less than emphatic 27–24 margin of victory as the ‘ Boks came back at them , Sean Fitzpatrick 's side — with the Jones boys Ian and Michael , Zinzan Brooke and Frank Bunce outstanding alongside their skipper — were worthy of being the only New Zealand side ever to go through South Africa undefeated , albeit on an abbreviated tour . |
| 5 | The two younger brothers , Charles and John , had no such luck , and were forced to look for accommodation of their own ; Charles found his on Pig Street — appropriately named , in view of his activity as a pig butcher — just north of Frome town bridge . |