Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , what I would always hope though , is that they might go for some help , because even if they decide to separate , and er get support while they 're doing so , they may be able to understand what was going on in the relationship , what they were looking for in each other . |
| 2 | The official line was that ‘ true character of French concessions to Indo-Chinese nationalism and ultimate intentions are clear to Department ’ and it was for this reason that no further substantive concessions involving parliamentary action in France were called for at that time . |
| 3 | Members of the royal family were provided for in this way . |
| 4 | Some 21 per cent of all flows into unemployment by men who had previously been employed were accounted for in this way , slightly more than were accounted for by redundancy ( 20 per cent ) or dissatisfaction with pay or conditions ( 19 per cent ) and considerably more than were accounted for by dismissals ( 10 per cent ) ( Wood , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | By 1959 four-fifths of wheat and nine-tenths of soya bean oil exports were paid for in this way . |
| 6 | Dovercourt was designed for at most 500 residents but was providing for up to twice as many . |
| 7 | In this particular respect Morse ( suggesting the likelihood of the Botley Road area ) had got things quite wrong , for it was at the Hertz ‘ Rent-a-Car ’ offices at the top of the Woodstock Road where Dixon had finally spotted the name he was looking for with all the excitement of a young angler just hooking a heavyweight pike . |
| 8 | Have you found this chair that he was looking for in that ? |
| 9 | ( To appreciate the reorientation that was called for after this period , see Latourelle , 1968 , pp. 207–309 ; on Tradition , see Congar , 1966 , especially pp. 196–221 ; on the trials of biblical scholars , see Levie , 1961 . ) |
| 10 | The extra meeting was called for by several committee members . |
| 11 | But what was hoped for by many was a kind of superior Merrie England . |
| 12 | The development programme for the aircraft will provide the broad range of capabilities which was asked for by all four nations originally and er the fact that one or more nations may have deleted its requirement for a particular facility does n't remove the need for us to complete the development work er because we still have at least one or two customers for that facility . |
| 13 | The Earl of Northumberland had given him a coach and four horses , ‘ a gift greater than I was beholding for to any subject ’ . |
| 14 | He had repaid £64 when the money-lender sued him and obtained judgement for £283 8s 1d which was accounted for in this way : |