Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] for [adv] " 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 | John Clinch ( 83 ) and Paul Harris ( 82 ) put on 170 for the first wicket against Stowmarket , who were skittled out for only 85 thanks to a burst of 4–1–7–5 by Richard Pybus . |
| 3 | Put in on a slow wicket , Montgomeryshire were bundled out for just 65 taking up virtually 45 overs . |
| 4 | Menopausal state , pregnancy , and oestrogen containing drugs — Because of the possible influence of menopausal state , pregnancy and oestrogen containing drugs , details about these factors were sought by questionnaire in the 65 women who were followed up for more than six months . |
| 5 | ‘ If anything , containers were left in for too long to start with , though often it works well to leave the containers rinsing while you 're doing something else like working out field rates . ’ |
| 6 | A pair of Derwent jet engines , once fitted to Meteor WL181 and latterly used as runway de-icers were hammered down for only £750 . |
| 7 | Phoenix were bowled out for just 46 , Bill Dwyer top scoring with an unbeaten 21 . |
| 8 | ‘ I was walking back for over an hour through deserted streets . |
| 9 | The surpising thing is not that this is happening now , but rather that it was staved off for so long . |
| 10 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 11 | Noel Blake was kicked out for exactly the same reason — he could nt handle being in a squad . |
| 12 | Brazil 's Free Zone of Manaus ( ZFM ) provides a good illustration of the difficulties of adjustment , even though it was set up for quite different purposes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Their scrum-half Kevin Ellis was sent off for allegedly tripping his opposite number , Paul Bishop . |
| 15 | But in his next match he was sent off for twice attacking the goalie . |
| 16 | There were no serious injuries , but one passenger was cut by flying glass and traffic was held up for over an hour . |