Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resochin was not pursued at that time , but both compounds were duly registered for purposes of patenting . |
| 2 | In all , three hostages — Weir , Lawrence Jenco and David Jacobsen — were successfully traded for arms . |
| 3 | Another thing : not enough men would be in the middle waiting for crosses when they came and like I said before the crosses were mostly aiming for heads — or for Deano 's head . |
| 4 | During his conversations with Marcus , when they did take place , Ludens had the impression that Marcus was pursuing a consecutive line of thought , sections of which were randomly surfacing for Ludens 's benefit , or even for Marcus 's benefit , at moments when Marcus felt it might clarify his ideas to verbalise them aloud , and even to listen to a response . |
| 5 | Room maids told us guests were asking for lighter duvets , and suggested we improve signs as guests were constantly asking for directions . |
| 6 | During a three-day visit to BLDSC at Boston Spa , the Thesis Declaration forms were manually scanned for records of loans of the theses . |
| 7 | He converted the first two into toilets and the others were only used for customers , invariably foreign journalists who were too drunk to drive home . |
| 8 | The finest bronze castings of Shang China and arguably of all time were not made for implements or even weapons , but for the ritual vessels centred on the cult of ancestors . |
| 9 | Dietary iron intake was measured by a prospective seven day diary record of weighed and estimated food intake in patients who had not changed their diet before the first attendence or were not admitted for investigations to be performed . |
| 10 | Large wage increases were thus envisaged for doctors and teachers , currently among the lowest paid [ for May medical workers ' strike see p. 38923 ] . |
| 11 | Under the relentless pressure all along the front , French commanders of every sector were desperately appealing for reserves ; which often were simply not there . |
| 12 | Both of them were already known for silences . |
| 13 | This is because figures were usually calculated for groups of speakers rather than for individuals , a practice which seemed to fit in neatly with Labov 's theoretical position that the locus of systematic variation was the group rather than the individual . |
| 14 | At 72 and in poor health , he suffered a heart attack while police officers were still searching for clues . |
| 15 | At 72 and in poor health , he suffered a heart attack while police officers were still searching for clues . |
| 16 | Agency director Michael McCarren said they were still looking for youngsters to cast in London shows . |
| 17 | The remaining baseline characteristics were similarly examined for associations with 2-year survival after discharge . |
| 18 | The seats were also checked for fingerprints . |
| 19 | Staff at branches within the London Elgin Avenue Group were also asked for donations . |
| 20 | The number of abnormal subareas — that is , those subareas containing fewer than six dots — were also analysed for differences between the two groups . |
| 21 | More slowly , separate institutions of a new kind were also provided for children , the emphasis shifting from the large sometimes disease-ridden ‘ barrack schools ’ in which they were accommodated in the mid-century , to the more intimate ‘ scattered homes ’ pioneered by the Sheffield Guardians in the 1890s , and ‘ cottage homes ’ on the model established by Barnardo . |
| 22 | Replacements were also needed for wing-halves Jones and John , and Chapman opened negotiations for Bradford 's Jack Crayston , a long-throw expert , smart dresser and fitness fanatic , and for ex-miner Wilt Copping of Leeds United . |
| 23 | New and exciting results were also reported for systems on surfaces , in large clusters and in condensed phases . |
| 24 | The use , in pavements , of designs which were probably intended for ceilings or vaults has been considered by Painter ( 1976 ) , with regard to the mosaic from Hinton St. Mary , Dorset . |
| 25 | During this 300-year period , coastal settlements were repeatedly raided for captives to supply the slave markets of Sulu in the southern Philippines , and the once prosperous ports were reduced to impoverished and depopulated backwaters . |
| 26 | Graham Hamilton , of Darlington Freewheelers , said car drivers were often to blame for accidents and called for new measures to raise awareness . |
| 27 | In the new cemeteries , which came into existence to relieve overcrowded churchyards , gatehouses were often provided for watchmen . |
| 28 | Power cuts of up to 10 hours a day were caused in Manila when three power stations were simultaneously closed for repairs in March . |
| 29 | The junior church , who had been instrumental in all the Christmas activities , were now looking for teachers . |
| 30 | The highest prices were invariably paid for daughters of dams with protein figures in excess of 3.3% . |