Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] for that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Les Conn : ‘ Well , of course , the people were n't prepared for that kind of entertainment and they all put their hands over their ears , and Bloom started screaming , ‘ Get them off , they 're ruining my wedding party ’ . |
| 2 | So therefore you got motorbikes going up the ramps , which were n't designed for that . |
| 3 | And frankly the tubes were never designed for that kind of service . ’ |
| 4 | And frankly the tubes were never designed for that kind of service . ’ |
| 5 | Oh I was just looking for that . |
| 6 | Before without really knowing it , I was just preparing for that one lesson to get through that one lesson , but partly I think as a matter of survival in this situation , because I had never taught children before and really did n't have an overview at that point . |
| 7 | Together with this evidence must be the proof that the passenger was not licensed for that class of vehicle etc . |
| 8 | At a later stage in the planning , accommodation was also provided for that part of the Computer Unit which moved in 1974 from London to temporary accommodation in Edinburgh at the Edinburgh Regional Computing Centre and at King 's Buildings . |
| 9 | Stoke area was chosen I suppose because my father worked on the railway and you either worked on the railway or if you lived over Stoke , it was well known for that . |
| 10 | But no , he was n't killed for that , or it would n't have been still on him . |
| 11 | ‘ If he were tired , ’ said Miss Fielding , ‘ he would put me in the driving seat — except that my part was n't written for that to happen . |
| 12 | Er erm and then later on I , I , I think maybe she did realize , you know , cos I said I was n't prepared for that and that has n't happened before . |