Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | All over Orkney during the time the children were away from their homes , prayers were said for them in churches of all denominations and at prayer meetings , and despite the torment they went through , none of the parents ' faiths wavered . |
| 2 | It is particularly interesting , however , to discover that a small group of white collar workers at Rolls Royce did not want an intellectually taxing job and provisions were made for them in the final design . |
| 3 | Amplification wise , I use two Ampeg SVTs that were made for me in 1987 as part of the company 's ‘ Artist ’ series , and there were only five hundred of those made . |
| 4 | Again in the 45–60 age group , noticeably higher proportions of unmarried women were caring for someone in the same household , were the main carers of their disabled relatives and friends , and were caring for over twenty hours a week than were either their married or male counterparts ( Green , 1988 , pp. 9–10 ) . |
| 5 | He had left and walked back to the hotel , and by the time he reached it the police were waiting for him in the lobby . |
| 6 | they were waiting for her in the old house : Louise , her mother , her aunt Bella and her grandmother , Irena . |
| 7 | All the same she was mortified to discover on returning much later to the apartment that the detested clothes were waiting for her in her room . |
| 8 | Realizing that not only Mrs Whittaker , but twelve newly arrived first-year students , were waiting for her in expectant silence , she pulled herself together . |
| 9 | They were waiting for her in Miami , if she ever got back there . |
| 10 | The rest of the party were waiting for us in a courtyard full of yapping dogs ; long , lean greyhounds , black , white and brindled . |
| 11 | Lands to the value of 300 marks were found for him in England , but half the endowment was found by persuading Guy de Blois , another French hostage , to surrender to Edward the County of Soissons , worth 500 marks a year , which Edward then granted to the new Earl of Bedford . |
| 12 | He passed them on to another colleague who led us finally to our places which were kept for us in the Grand Salon . |
| 13 | because it 's not the way that er it was designed for it , it was designed for something in which men pressed forward |
| 14 | Little was done for him in the three years up to his seventeenth birthday when , like so many others , he found companionship and , ironically , the security he craved for by joining the army . |
| 15 | I was looking for something in my own handwriting . |
| 16 | Jackie he was he was looking he was for something and he was looking for something in a hurry and I could n't find out I like T-shirts in one pile sweat shirts in another pullovers in another jeans in another but they were all sort of |
| 17 | That question was decided for her in a most terrible way . |
| 18 | Secondly , the hon. Gentleman asked for a change of policy that would ensure that , before people were discharged from long-stay hospitals , proper provision was made for them in the community . |
| 19 | FIRST BLOOM DIANA 'S latest outing in the original dress , a favourite which was made for her in 1988 . |
| 20 | Summing up a custom-made guitar , especially when it was made for no-one in particular , is a difficult task at the best of times . |
| 21 | ‘ My duffle coat was bought for me in Manchester . |
| 22 | it was erm it was bought for us in July ah July |
| 23 | Up the slope , at the top of his semi-circular steps , Alexander Menzies was waiting for them in his best silk coat like a dandy at a ball , with a straightfaced young man standing by his side . |
| 24 | They made their way back , not to the abbey but the castle , Corbett sending ahead one of his escort to ask Wishart for an audience and when they arrived the old , foxy-faced Bishop was waiting for them in his now sweltering chambers , though still swathed in fur-trimmed robes . |
| 25 | I caught up with them about 3.30pm in Jackson Bridge where they were finishing a hymn , and possibly a silent prayer , before they marched back up the steep winding hill to Hepworth where a free tea was waiting for them in the school . |
| 26 | They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall . |
| 27 | The Management was waiting for me in the lounge of his magnificent suite . |
| 28 | Mr Billings was waiting for me in his yard . |
| 29 | Mathilda was waiting for me in my chamber . |
| 30 | The wench was waiting for me in the street . |