Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] over for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three thousand tabs of Ecstasy were handed over for a thick wad of notes . |
| 2 | Open field sites in the vicinity of London were taken over for the construction of studios in the belief that it was heaps of brick and iron rather than organizational flair that explained the success of Louis B. Mayer or Samuel Goldwyn . |
| 3 | In fact , 32 houses , 3 churches and 2 gardens were taken over for the building of the Clementinum or Jesuit College . |
| 4 | There are indications that the mill was turned over for a time for saw milling , and possibly even cider production . |
| 5 | A cheque for £3,017 was handed over for the Great Ormond Street Hospital . |
| 6 | But , although winning a famous victory over ( Sir ) Winston Churchill to become Labour MP for Dundee in November 1922 , he was passed over for the foreign secretaryship of the first Labour government fourteen months later . |
| 7 | Although Clinton 's campaign chairman , Mickey Kantor , was among the transition team , he was passed over for the leadership after negative press reports and reservations from within the Clinton camp concerning his style and his role as a prominent lobbyist . |