Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 9 December the long-haired devotee of the Beatles ' ‘ White Album ’ , Charles Manson , and five of his followers were indicted for their murder . |
| 2 | The side which lost were reprimanded for their weakness ; the side which won could have anything they wanted from new horses to new leaders . |
| 3 | We never had much to eat in ordinary times , but we had less now and us kids were really glad of the extra slice of bread and jam that we were given for our school breakfast . |
| 4 | Periodically revised and completed , these ‘ rules and regulations ’ bore the imprint of the administrative tradition that had hitherto governed broadcasting , and were criticized for their formalism — and insufficient recognition of the realities of broadcasting . |
| 5 | The BMA were criticized for their intransigence and the pharmaceutical industry 's advertising was criticized for seeking to frighten patients . |
| 6 | FOUR men who saved the life of a woman when they rescued her from her blazing home were honoured for their bravery yesterday . |
| 7 | She posed for photographs with six winners of the George Medal and a holder of the George Cross , all of whom were honoured for their work in dismantling bombs . |
| 8 | And while the fashionable ammonites and graptolites were competing for their place in the spotlight , the minor characters in the stratigraphical play were doing exactly the same thing . |
| 9 | Psychiatrists were consulted for their expert diagnosis of the Teddy Boy condition , and from America it was reported that chlorpromazine — a heavy tranquilliser , and one of the new ‘ wonder drugs ’ entering into use in the mid-1950s for the control of excited schizophrenics — seemed to quieten Teddy Boys down . |
| 10 | When the British were attacked for their role in the Boer War , Hyndman and Quelch for the British Social Democratic Federation prepared a dossier on the crimes of other imperial powers as the basis for condemning all — and so exonerating the British as no worse than the rest . |
| 11 | The peers of these teachers and the relatives of the boys were dying for their country — all the more need to help its future generation . |
| 12 | The Cent-Gardes , also created in 1854 , with their magnificent blue and silver uniforms , were picked for their stature — the minimum height was six feet — and their looks , since many of their duties involved them in Court ceremonial , including the lining of the stairways at the Tuileries during balls and official receptions . |
| 13 | Witnesses beneath the principals were picked for their ability to present a simple , and therefore televisually satisfying , picture of the case . |
| 14 | They said that an AI group from Austria had been in touch with them with help and support , and that people from all over the world were pressing for his release . |
| 15 | Some of the Chaloners were respected for their craft skills , others through their initiative and hard work earned the name of yeoman , but yet others through idleness or misfortune fell into poverty . |
| 16 | But as accountants , although we were respected for our expertise , like lawyers , our work was entirely reactive rather than proactive , ’ says Mr Riley . |
| 17 | They were sentenced for their part in laundering £l4 million cash from the robbery near Heathrow airport in 1983 . |
| 18 | John Paul II described how he personally scrutinised successive drafts — 10 in all — which were presented for his consideration . |
| 19 | Probably all of Ludford 's surviving compositions were written for his choir at St Stephen 's . |
| 20 | Well , we were prepared for their sarcasm , we were prepared for their bill . |
| 21 | Well , we were prepared for their sarcasm , we were prepared for their bill . |
| 22 | Her name was derived from ‘ diviana ’ ( the shining one ) , and glittering shrines of gold and silver were made for her temple at Ephesus . |
| 23 | His favourite guns , the ‘ specials ’ that were made for his father , my grand-uncle , in 1906 , in the great days of shooting-parties . |
| 24 | The guarantee , the legal charge and the side letter were produced for his signature by a clerk . |
| 25 | Usually there is some implied opinion within such critiques , and this is generally a sympathetic one , so that such productions as ‘ Walter ’ were admired for their production values but questioned over their intent . |
| 26 | because they were paying for her house , she was n't her husband and herself did n't have to pay over there |
| 27 | Two months later , the growing recognition of the terrible price people were paying for their belief in Hitler — that the ‘ hope of millions ’ had become Germany 's ruin — was reflected in bitter allusions to the Führer 's ‘ mission ’ . |
| 28 | Soon , inflation was running at 26 per cent and the trade unions were grasping for whatever wage awards they could . |
| 29 | Vegetables were being prepared ; eight dozen quails were ready for the ovens ; trays of mutton cutlets , to be served with caper sauce in an attempt to please the Dickensian purists ( as well as the Prince of Wales ) were waiting for their moment to come . |
| 30 | They were waiting for their target to pass , releasing the night-watch man from his stint of duty . |