Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After their big score on Wednesday , world champions Pakistan were skittled out for just ninety-three at New Road . |
| 2 | Phoenix were bowled out for just 46 , Bill Dwyer top scoring with an unbeaten 21 . |
| 3 | Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough . |
| 4 | Willis then rejoined his old boss at Leicester in a £200,000 move , and 17-year-old Sean Gregan was brought in for his debut at Huddersfield . |
| 5 | And when Phil Newport was run out for seven Worcestershire were well down the road to their 90 all out — extras top score of twenty one — and it was still half an hour to lunch . |
| 6 | Bob Roberts was picked up for distribution by a major only after it was successfully screened in Cannes . |
| 7 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 8 | The centre of Milton Keynes was sealed off for several hours after a coded telephone message warned of a bomb in the town 's main shopping centre . |
| 9 | And on top of that McCracken was sent off for fighting in a Test match against Australia . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , at The Parks , Hampshire were bowled out for one hundred and sixty nine by Oxford University , who 've so far made twenty four without loss in reply . |
| 11 | England were bowled out for 286 and 252 , losing their last two second innings wickets in 40 minutes yesterday , even though Chris Lewis scored a maiden Test 100 and four other players passed 50 , with Neil Fairbrother 's 83 and Graeme Hick 's 64 both being Test best scores . |
| 12 | Chelford were bowled out for 135 , Rick Shenton making 57 , but the visitors could not reach the total , finishing on 132–8 . |
| 13 | Probably she had seen that exhibition Adrian and Carol were putting on for everyone 's benefit . |
| 14 | David Timmis held firm with 26 in 44 overs but received little support as Oswestry were sent back for 109 . |
| 15 | And while revolution continued to feature in the magazine — the more parochial Diggers got an outing in the February issue — by that month the caravan had moved on , rather unsteadily to a ‘ Flying saucers issue ’ , where , with some difficulty , Lenin was dragged in for his views . |
| 16 | Simon was reaching out for the drum . |
| 17 | Pontblyddyn were sent back for 89 , Nicky Holt hitting 42 and Colin Peers 20 not out as Phil Williams picked up 6–33 and Tim Davies 3–51 . |
| 18 | Applications to both the United States and Canada were filled out for all the members of the family except the oldest child , Eva . |
| 19 | Following the death of William Lewis in 1843 , both Port and Brimscombe Mill were put up for sale . |
| 20 | Sheppey A. , Sheppey K. , Rawlings P. , Rawlings B. , and Von Bopp were sent off for fighting amongst themselves along with Thornham Bridge captain ( later with Athletico ) , Trevor Proby , who hit everybody . |
| 21 | Ho and Pottz were sent out for a sudden-death surf-off . |
| 22 | Wenceslas Square was laid out for one of Bohemia 's most attractive rulers , King Charles IV , Holy Roman Emperor , who was born and died in Prague . |
| 23 | Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar . |
| 24 | An area of one square mile around Oxford Street was sealed off for almost five hours and traders , already hit by recession , lost millions of pounds . |
| 25 | Synners ' midfielder Barney Malone was sent off for retaliation in the second half . |
| 26 | The Schlosspark at Donaueschingen was laid out for the princes of Fürstenberg in the eighteenth century . |
| 27 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
| 28 | Congress ( I ) retained control of the State Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh in elections held in February 1990 , and Agong Apang was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in March [ see pp. 37245 ] . |
| 29 | Second-row Jackson was sent off for the first time in his career along with South Wales Police hooker Colin Hillman after the two were caught wrestling off the ball . |
| 30 | President Hafez al-Assad was sworn in for a fourth term in office on March 12 . |