Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] were [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexander raised none of the questions which would have to be answered if emancipation were to take place : whether serfs were to be granted land as well as liberty , whether and how they were to pay for them , and how local government was to be conducted if the jurisdiction of serf-owners came to an end . |
| 2 | And it is just as horrifying an idea to contemplate being walled into such a Paradise Garden as being condemned to spend eternity playing games with balloons which never burst , receiving presents from Santa without wondering how they were paid for , being organised into teams with leaders chosen arbitrarily from among us , or eating a permanent celestial buffet of ice cream and salmon sandwiches . |
| 3 | you know you had high standards and you knew where you were aiming for and that 's what I want my kids to go through as well , you know , somebody who 's gon na do their best |
| 4 | And he admits : ‘ It is not normal for the Spanish people to leave the place where you were born for long spells . |
| 5 | Was it normal , she had enquired , for elderly gentlemen making termly investigations into your scholastic progress to indicate where you were to sit for interview by laying their hand on the sofa cushion , and then , when you sat down , failing to remove their hand ? |
| 6 | ‘ I am thinking , Miss Abernethie , she is perhaps wondering , Like myself , why you were sent for to Naples in the middle of the new-engaged couple 's holiday . |
| 7 | We had a somewhat similar experience at a previous church I was at where we were looking for a minister and the , the man er who was , who came to us was again very nervous and excitable and so on . |
| 8 | Oh yes , it was , is it that , that was why we were looking for them to pick them out ? |
| 9 | By the time the General Election arrived eighteen months later , there was a good candidate ( Malcolm Thornton , now MP ) , a renewed constituency organisation and time for the people of Crosby to realise that they 'd done in that panicky moment when they were looking for a familiar face as their Member of Parliament . |
| 10 | It was when they were assembling for dinner that they had noticed her absence . |
| 11 | So that one really is telling a story , commemorating something in Danish history , when they were fighting for their for their freedom . |
| 12 | The solution was to operate independently , to abide by the unwritten rules of royal management and not let the Prince and Princess get into a position where they were competing for the limelight except when the occasion was pure entertainment . |
| 13 | After their statement had been released to the press , the unarmed hijackers surrendered to Indian authorities in Calcutta where they were detained for trial . |
| 14 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for the effects of cold . |
| 15 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for cold . |
| 16 | And it got worse when I realised I did n't know where they were going for their lune de miel . |
| 17 | Danny and Teddy had to be evacuated with their school and Bridie had found lodgings as near as possible to where they were going for herself and Monica and Michael . |
| 18 | At Kabrit in the meantime the L Detachment men were busily making ready for the departure back to Jalo , from where they were to head for Bouerat . |
| 19 | The people arrested were taken to separate police stations across Merseyside where they were held for questioning . |
| 20 | Frailties throughout the team had been ruthlessly exploited at Leicester , where they were taken for 60 points . |
| 21 | And really , in spite of the quartet 's realised commercial capabilities , this cunning reissue proves precisely why they were ignored for so long . |
| 22 | yeah but he do n't get done , he does n't get done , that is the problem , the kids do n't , I 've written a letter to Mr yesterday , why they were waiting for the games teacher he was hitting Geoffrey and he gave him a dead leg , kneeing him in the leg , he said before drama , he 's got drama tomorrow he says he hates drama because the teacher takes no notice , he said one week Stuart was hitting me with a stick and the teacher just said calm down you boys , and he was being hit with a stick oh no and this I find totally disgusting and I feel like complaining about this , one of the teachers and I do n't know whether its drama yeah I think it was drama and |