Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dubbed Britain 's answer to the Supremes , the Divas were tipped for the top . |
| 32 | He does not court publicity having witnessed other ministers who were tipped for the top and never made it . |
| 33 | Chiming clocks and the ringing of church bells were forbidden for the duration of hostilities , or until the invasion came . |
| 34 | Both teams were applauded for the way they kept going forward , and there was only one distasteful moment when Goodman went in far too late on Chivers and was deservedly booked . |
| 35 | Then as we commissioned our team for what is at the time of writing known as the King 's Arms church we experienced a pouring out of the gifts of the Spirit on those elders and leaders who were praying for the team : it seemed everyone had a word of instruction , a revelation , a tongue or an interpretation for the strengthening of the church . |
| 36 | The best climbers in the school were picked for the hunt and they set out , one on each shelf . |
| 37 | This time last year , End 's Atomic Dustbin were opening for The Wonder Stuff on their extensive ‘ Hup ’ tour . |
| 38 | This time last year , End 's Atomic Dustbin were opening for The Wonder Stuff on their extensive ‘ Hup ’ tour . |
| 39 | Nearly 500 families were nominated for the award and the Williams were selected from a shortlist of 12 . |
| 40 | Proposals were carried for the creation of " broad committees " , " Leagues of Young Chartists " and similar groups to attract those " who will not go all the way with the Minority Movement " . |
| 41 | First , and most important , stick with fonts that were designed for the printer you are using even if this means giving up some of the typographic niceties . |
| 42 | This was rejected on the grounds that there was nowhere else to put the rescued artifacts , many of which were designed for the house . |
| 43 | They were silhouetted for a moment on the brow of the hill against a last pool of light among encroaching black storm-clouds . |
| 44 | She let us stay with her for a week after Dada — ’ She paused , and again her hesitation appeared as if her mind were groping for an answer or a revelation to something she could n't understand ; then she said , ‘ After Dada … died . |
| 45 | Already his fingers were itching for a pencil , though he was n't allowed to draw yet , and in any case he was n't well enough . |
| 46 | In 1977 , radically improved response rates were reported for the 5-fluorouracil , adriamycin , and mitomycin-C ( FAM ) regimen with remission of 42% in a group of 62 patients . |
| 47 | No further such attacks on Armenian territory were reported for the rest of May , but on May 11 it was reported by Armenian officials that Getashen and Martunashen had been razed , and their populations of several thousand people deported . |
| 48 | However , 14 spring fish were reported for the week with Paul McGivern of Belfast taking a fish of 10 lbs on a Gary Dog fly . |
| 49 | The Irish Times meantime had suggested that British Telecommunications Plc and AT&T Co were bidding for a stake in Telecom Eireann ; a spokeswoman for Telecom Eireann said that the company had received an assurance from the Irish government that there were no plans for its privatisation . |
| 50 | Mr Buxton would not say how many companies were bidding for the work but he hoped the successful tender would be accepted in March , allowing work to start . |
| 51 | During the campaign she found 2 women with whom she could not work , they were dropped for the good of the project . |
| 52 | The quintas were let for the season , either furnished or unfurnished . |
| 53 | All these jealousies and disappointments and doubts were forgotten for the time being in the face of adversity . |
| 54 | More than 500 mental health service users were interviewed for the survey , called People First and completed in 1990 . |
| 55 | Andrew Noonan and two production managers were interviewed for the programme . |
| 56 | R.B. The day you were interviewed for the youth tutor post |
| 57 | Work started in February 1975 ; two MKIII , ex-Inter-City coaches were modified for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh . |
| 58 | Patients were considered for the trial on the basis of : ( 1 ) symptoms consistent with activity of the disease ( abdominal pain , diarrhoea , weight loss , anorexia , fever ) ; ( 2 ) two or more abnormal laboratory indices indicative of active disease ( erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR ) >30 mm/h , haemoglobin concentration ( Hb ) <12 g/dl for men and <11.5 g/dl for women , C-reactive protein ( CRP ) >3 mg/l , platelet count >350000 cells/mm ) ; and ( 3 ) Van Hees activity index ( VHAI ) greater than 120 . |
| 59 | Counsel on both sides were pressing for a settlement ; to go on would be futile . |
| 60 | Suddenly it was the Chinese , not the foreigners , who were pressing for a deal . |