Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when the Training and Enterprise Councils were given responsibility for a new stream of scheme they said quite rightly I think that they would only support survivable businesses . |
| 2 | They were given ethanol for an hour prior to a blade being inserted into their right cortex . |
| 3 | Profitt , Michael Cook , 18 , Adrian Sinclair , 19 , and Lee Scrivens , 19 , all from Birmingham , admitted theft charges ; another six City supporters were also remanded in custody or on bail , and 23 were fined a total of £8,600 for admitting charges arising from a weekend in the Lancashire resort which a Football Association inquiry may punish by banning City supporters from remaining away games ; all their away matches were made all-ticket for an indefinite period after trouble last season at Crystal Palace . |
| 4 | In a well-known experiment , subjects were shown playing-cards for a small duration of time and asked to identify them . |
| 5 | In October the owners of Redworth Hall Hotel near Darlington were refused permission for a course by the borough council . |
| 6 | Last year for the first time we were charged £10.58 for an audit certificate — something District Audit assure me takes a few minutes to complete and is provided free of charge by most banks . |
| 7 | Eddie Heley , Maintenance Fitter , was given £10 for an idea that could reduced wear and save down time on Axminster looms by fitting hardened brushes to the sneck sleeve bracket . |
| 8 | Before arriving in the Soviet Union , Holovich was recruited by the British espionage service and was given instructions for a contact — I do n't have to go into detail , these are matters available to me . |
| 9 | But in 1984 he suffered further humiliation when he was fined £100 for an act of gross indecency with a lorry driver in a public lavatory in Reading . |
| 10 | Paul Ince and Mark Ward both left the club , the former Celtic player Frank McAvennie was fined £6,000 for an alleged fracas with the team 's commercial manager , and the club were fined £20,000 for pitch disturbances during a Littlewoods Cup tie against Wimbledon . |
| 11 | Subroto was re-appointed Secretary-General for a further three years after his re-appointment was initially opposed by Iraq . |
| 12 | Recently , I was charged £1.45 for a ‘ cornetto-type ’ and a choc ice . |
| 13 | He was charged $65 for a call that never got through , and the Inter- Continental has since confirmed that ‘ for technical reasons , charges for all international calls out of Zaire commence as soon as the line rings , as opposed to when the party telephoned actually picks up the receiver ’ . |
| 14 | A PENSIONER who was charged £160 for a 36-mile ambulance trip will not have to pay the money . |
| 15 | The project was awarded £750 for a detailed pre-feasibility study , with Hayling , in his GLC capacity , responsible for making sure the report was properly written and the grant money not wasted . |
| 16 | Mr. Leonard Coote , the out-going Vice-President was elected President for a two-year term in succession to Mr. Andy Heffernan who had completed a two-year term . |
| 17 | In the presidential elections of January 1991 , Soares was elected President for a second five-year term [ see p. 37968 ] . |
| 18 | In late 1987 he was elected President for a seven-year term . |
| 19 | London was chosen as the administrative headquarters , and Jacques Attali , formerly a special adviser to President Mitterrand of France , was elected president for an initial four-year term at a meeting in Paris on May 19 . |
| 20 | Len , the man whose aristocratic bat could practically score runs without him holding it , was paid £100 for a couple of hours work , playing on stage at the camp theatre with a bat made of Skegness rock . |