Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To nine patients out of ten she was the first hospital sister with whom they had been confronted , and the great majority , when they walked , were pushed , or were carried for the first time through the double doors of our main entrance , were very apprehensive and trying to hide the fact . |
| 2 | Perhaps those who came in repentance and were prepared for the running waters of Jordan to flow over their heads in judgment were thought of as undergoing the judgment of God in symbol so that they would not have to undergo it in its awful reality on the Day of Judgment . |
| 3 | ‘ On the 20th July we reached the 26th degree of S. Lat. , and were visited for the first time by the Cape petrel . |
| 4 | The rejoinder by the defendant to this pleading alleged that the notes were given by Samuel Revill and himself as sureties and were given for the securing of part of the father 's debt and for no other consideration or purpose . |
| 5 | In Trinidad , West Indies were without Richards and were led for the first time by Desmond Haynes . |
| 6 | Its cost was £5,000 per car and was destined for the twelve sun saloons and six of the 1937 railcoaches , although these never materialised . |
| 7 | Philip Matthews had a brief incumbency and was replaced for the North American tour by David Irwin , who in turn gave way because of injury to Willie Anderson . |
| 8 | Here again the core of the work probably dates from some time before ( late 1745 ) and was expanded for the 1747 event . |
| 9 | Like many German poets of his age , he came from a clerical family and was intended for the church . |
| 10 | The plaintiff lived in Totteridge and was evaluated for the poor rates by the assessors for Hatfield . |
| 11 | It moved northward through France from the Mediterranean coast and was recorded for the first time in Britain at a site in Hampshire , in March 1961 . |
| 12 | Mowbray was frustrated over Achilles tendon and ankle injuries , and was suspended for the last game when Celtic suffered an embarrassing home defeat to Hibs . |
| 13 | It became known as the Astral Works in 1887 , and was used for the generation of electricity . |
| 14 | JANSHER KHAN narrowly avoided a ban but was fined for the second time in six weeks by the International Squash Players Association yesterday — and lost ranking points which may cost him his world No.1 spot . |
| 15 | There is a poem by his friend Philip Larkin , entitled ‘ Letter to a Friend about Girls ’ , which was never published during Larkin 's lifetime but was retrieved for the Collected Poems of 1988 . |
| 16 | But spare a thought for Rajesh Maru , who had played in every B&H and NatWest match so far , but was omitted for the final . |
| 17 | The tank was already set up , but was adapted for the Asiaticus and still contains the original occupants of Rinoloricaria species and Corydoras . |