Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Althusserians subsequently placed much emphasis upon the ‘ epistemological break ’ , and were in turn castigated for being unable to explain how it occurred . |
| 2 | The provisions as described on p. 38314 , however , were in fact adopted for the ( separate ) emergency mechanism of the Prague-based CSCE committee of senior officials . |
| 3 | The guns were being shipped to Jordan , although their end-user certificates were false and they were in fact destined for Iraq . |
| 4 | Why , when animal teeth were available and were in fact used for necklaces by the simple process of perforating their roots , did men go to the trouble to carve beads from solid ivory ? |
| 5 | The French were in fact asking for 270 billion francs and it was hard to see how the distinction could be made between helping to improve the French position in Europe and the position in Vietnam . |
| 6 | The book raised a storm of controversy , and two of the authors were in fact tried for heresy ( though finally acquitted ) . |
| 7 | Throughout these years the powers of monarchy were in effect exercised for the advantage of ascendant magnate factions who enjoyed supremacy at court and aroused widespread hostility in the country . |
| 8 | ‘ Samantha and Leanne were on heart monitors for about three days after it happened . |
| 9 | What would you do about that if you were at court acting for your client ? that paragraph from the earlier comments . |
| 10 | ‘ The claim was for money paid for a consideration which had failed . |
| 11 | ‘ The claim was for money paid for a consideration which had failed . |
| 12 | ‘ The claim was for money paid for a consideration which had failed . |
| 13 | New stock was of course required for the proposed Thameslink service , and Chris Green formally accepted the first Class 319 dual-voltage unit at BREL York on 2 September . |
| 14 | Eliseu Resende , Brazil 's third finance minister this year , was under pressure to resign for allegedly favouring a company he once worked for . |
| 15 | The stranger 's haste was in part accounted for by the spear in his chest . |
| 16 | In this way , because the despot has taken onto himself the attributes of the community , work — which was in fact done for him — appeared as work by him , and he appeared as the creator of wealth for the community . |
| 17 | Although Marsden is the destination on all tickets , the line was in fact extended for passenger use to Whitburn Colliery in 1929 . |
| 18 | It was soon discovered that he was in fact spying for the French . |
| 19 | Blood was cross-matched and was in fact needed for a transfusion prior to surgery because Mr Reynolds was found to be anaemic . |
| 20 | Looking for them was in effect looking for Adam Boteler , who alone had been marked and recognised ; and Adam had orders to remain out of sight in Castell Coch until the second attempt was ready to be launched . |
| 21 | I was at length summoned for interview , during which I was told that the War Office wished to fill a post of Instructor-cum-British Adviser at the Staff College and Royal Military College , Baghdad , Iraq , and that in order to reassure the Iraqi High Command that they were not sending a British ‘ plant ’ ( for relations between the two countries were strained ) , they asked the British Council to fill it . |