Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In proportionate terms this represents an increase from 15 per cent to 24 per cent of all defendants who were proceeded against for either way offences over the same period ( Home Office , 1990 : Table 4.5 , 1990f : Table 6.3 ) . |
| 2 | And we were working for for fourteen pound at that time . |
| 3 | This was something which has come out that an officer was told by for better , for truth or for untruth a year or so later . |
| 4 | To enjoy as much as she was going to for this time , she knew that , and she smiled and held him and kissed him when she felt the convulsion and heard his breath released . |
| 5 | When this was in turn cleared in the early 1980s the site was disposed of for private construction . |