Example sentences of "we were [vb pp] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er fairly recently we were asked to tender for erm a new station at Rickmansworth for Crossrail and one of the prerequisites of that job , er which was a ten million pound project , er one of the prerequisites of that job , was that we should either be certificated or at least have a quality assurance erm system in place . |
| 2 | ‘ We were taught to go for the jugular , ’ Buckmaster remarked . |
| 3 | It was only because we had the quality systems in place , okay we did n't have accreditation er at the time , but the quality systems were in place , that we were invited to tender for the Crossrail project for Rickmansworth station . |
| 4 | We were we were instructed to dig for victory and so we 've got er erm a gardening guide And a book that I 've also got called We 'll eat Again which is full of war time recipes . |
| 5 | Larger families around us were being rehoused at a steady rate , but we were doomed to wait for ever . |
| 6 | I 've known him since our youth days and we became quite friendly when we were picked to play for Scotland 's Under-20 side together a few years back . |