Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] hospital for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor Geoffrey Codd , a microbiologist from Dundee University and expert on blue-green algae said two cadets had been seriously ill and were detained in hospital for a week . |
| 2 | A mother and her young daughter were taken to hospital for a check-up after a fire at their home in Romaine Park , Hartlepool . |
| 3 | The woman , who will be scarred for life , was treated in hospital for a number of injuries including a 3in cut to her neck . |
| 4 | They were told a carefully graduated series of lies : first that their mother was staying in hospital for a while , then that she might not come home for a long time , and finally that she might never come back . |
| 5 | Murray moved to clinch a quick deal on his return journey from West Bromwich yesterday morning after leading scorer Paul Baker was rushed into hospital for a hernia operation . |
| 6 | On her fortieth birthday , in 1943 , she was taken to hospital for a cancer operation and no one expected her to live . |
| 7 | An elderly woman was taken to hospital for a precautionary check-up yesterday after a chip pan fire at her home in Annandale Crescent , Hartlepool . |
| 8 | The boy was taken to hospital for a painkiller and a check-up . |
| 9 | Watkinson was struck during his innings of 27 and was sent to hospital for a precautionary X-ray Lancashire taking no chances ahead of next month 's Benson and Hedges final . |