Example sentences of "and was [verb] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( That the government was ready for a strike was a widespread interpretation of its appointment of Ian MacGregor to chair the NCB from September 1983 on ; MacGregor chaired British Steel in 1980–1 , a period encompassing its major dispute , and was believed responsible for the major cuts in job levels ; it was assumed that he was expected to achieve the same in the coal industry . ) |
| 2 | It was closed in 1968 by British Railways and subsequently purchased by East Lothian District Council in 1978 , and was made suitable for cycling and walking during 1986/87 . |
| 3 | And then : ‘ I possess a stone head by Modigliani which I would not part with for a hundred pounds even at this crisis : and I routed out this head from a corner sacred to the rubbish of centuries and was called stupid for my pains in taking it away . |
| 4 | One of the oncoming dogs was slightly nearer to him than the other , and was leaping high for his throat . |
| 5 | All the same , I had sore feet and was feeling sorry for myself . |
| 6 | The organization carried out a bank robbery in Castellón on July 12 which was thought to have provided it with the means to launch a new offensive , and was held responsible for wounding two Army officers in Madrid on Dec. 13 and Valencia on Dec. 15 , for killing a police officer in Barcelona on Dec. 18 and for killing two Civil Guards in Gijón , northern Spain , on Dec. 28 . |