Example sentences of "they were [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were favoured for the job because of their rapid loading , the cars hardly needing to stop ! |
| 2 | To make matters worse , the value of homes has dropped dramatically since they were fixed for the council tax more than a year ago . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Naturally most of the boys opted for ‘ the strip ’ and each time the innuendo was made the girls pretended it was terribly witty and original , If a little naughty , just as they did when they were asked for the twentieth time if perhaps they might be the prize . |
| 6 | They were calling for the right to hold free festivals and raves like the week long event at Castlemorton Common at the end of May . |
| 7 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 8 | They are said to have explained that they were looking for the conductor to buy their tickets as Stonehouse station did not sell tickets at that time of night . |
| 9 | They were looking for the principles of organisation , how it is that we organise things like dots into a meaningful whole Why is it that we tend to see two lines crossing in the middle rather one two than two V's ? |
| 10 | Under Biset 's orders they were to search for the evildoers and those who harboured them , and do whatever was necessary to maintain the king 's peace in those parts . |
| 11 | For example , it included costs which ought more properly to have been included in their bill relating to the divorce proceedings , in which they were acting for the father . |
| 12 | They were dressed for the nautch , dressed as women , yet they were not women . |
| 13 | They were headed for the bay . ’ |
| 14 | They were searching for the gym shoes . |
| 15 | I did wonder if they were searching for the book . |
| 16 | The two girls looked at each other , as if they were searching for the similarities . |
| 17 | Put at its simplest , they were voting for the countryside . |
| 18 | The so-called ‘ Palace Style ’ amphoras were at first made and used only at Knossos itself , which strongly suggests that they were made for the use of the ruling elite . |
| 19 | But , more than that , his predilection for Neath players deprived the club of their own best talent so that when they would otherwise have been training for the league , instead they were training for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 20 | In cloze they were scored for the grammatical accuracy as well as the semantic correctness of their suggestions . |
| 21 | They were grieving for the end of one of life 's great love matches . |
| 22 | During their stay , they were assessed for the module Experiencing Europe 2 . |
| 23 | But , increasingly , films look like they were designed for the small screen . |
| 24 | While they were waiting for the warrant to arrive the Captain telephoned the American Consulate to inform them of Deborah Maxwell 's citizenship . |
| 25 | During the months they were waiting for the divorce he came to see her nearly every day . |
| 26 | While they were waiting for the targets to be set up , Burun took Rostov aside . |
| 27 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |
| 28 | They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors . |
| 29 | They were waiting for the kettle to boil when the telephone rang again and Helen picked it up . |
| 30 | 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 |