Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You resigned over over Westland you er er you were defeated for the leadership . |
| 2 | But you would have to be awfully sure that you were destined for the gallows to put to sea in a small boat during a storm . |
| 3 | I told them you were made for the part . ’ |
| 4 | I suppose you were named for the Queen . ’ |
| 5 | But once you were qualified for the job you could n't put a stranger on you had to ta teach that stranger a job . |
| 6 | R.B. The day you were interviewed for the youth tutor post |
| 7 | Do not grieve the Holy Spirit with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption . |
| 8 | It was cloudy enough to require full IFR flight , and we were cleared for the ILS at Vigo , but had to refuse since the VOR/DME there was out of order and there is no additional locator beacon to find the beam . |
| 9 | We were cleared for the ILS at Porto while still at FL070 ( it 's not that busy ! ) and given the QNH . |
| 10 | It was possible we were headed for the marshes . |
| 11 | We were bound for the Chatelleret hut which lay only 1600 feet and two hours away from our camp in La Bérade . |
| 12 | You believe we were attacked for the same reason and probably by the same person . |
| 13 | Working womens ' organisations you get co-opted on and the , we were known for the way , the business-like way we run our meeting you know . |
| 14 | They were favoured for the job because of their rapid loading , the cars hardly needing to stop ! |
| 15 | To make matters worse , the value of homes has dropped dramatically since they were fixed for the council tax more than a year ago . |
| 16 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for the effects of cold . |
| 17 | Naturally most of the boys opted for ‘ the strip ’ and each time the innuendo was made the girls pretended it was terribly witty and original , If a little naughty , just as they did when they were asked for the twentieth time if perhaps they might be the prize . |
| 18 | They were dressed for the nautch , dressed as women , yet they were not women . |
| 19 | They were headed for the bay . ’ |
| 20 | The so-called ‘ Palace Style ’ amphoras were at first made and used only at Knossos itself , which strongly suggests that they were made for the use of the ruling elite . |
| 21 | In cloze they were scored for the grammatical accuracy as well as the semantic correctness of their suggestions . |
| 22 | During their stay , they were assessed for the module Experiencing Europe 2 . |
| 23 | But , increasingly , films look like they were designed for the small screen . |
| 24 | They used fishing rods and hooks , those cunning , black , nocturnal anglers , and they were blamed for the disappearance of booze from liquor cabinets and sugar from pantries . |
| 25 | But the British authorities were unable to protect the Littlejohns when they were arrested for the robbery of £67,000 from a bank in Grafton Street , Dublin , in 1972 . |
| 26 | Six seconds of fame after hours of queueing for this fan of a fan THE Lamports had queued for four hours before they were interviewed for the Antiques . |
| 27 | They were set for the garlic and the prawns , if they made it quick . |
| 28 | They 're lab chimps , and before they were acquired for the Jenner Clinic they were part of a language project . |
| 29 | The fact that they were considered for the Swedish national side in 1965 cut no ice with discerning Athletico fans . |
| 30 | Precisely what they would do to justify their share of the precious filtered air in the bunker is unclear , although only marginally less so than the process by which they were chosen for the job in the first place . |