Example sentences of "and was [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He carried on playing despite the pain and was singled out for praise by coach Berbizier who thanked him for his dedication and courage . |
| 2 | Stephen Morrow played at left back against Albania and was singled out for praise by Bingham . |
| 3 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 4 | Mr Baines needed stitches and was kept in for observation after needles from the artificial conifer , wielded by wife Lorraine , became embedded in his scalp . |
| 5 | Lower bruised his left leg and was stood down for the rest of the afternoon by the course doctors . |
| 6 | He did the 60-mile run in 2 hrs 55 mins — and was ticked off for going over the 20mph speed limit . |
| 7 | A twice-cracked shin-bone reduced Ian 's initial impact on his bow in the First Division , although he completely proved his worth among that august company and was called up for England B duty in December 1989 , before the injuries were sustained , but no one , friend or foe alike , will ever forget his dramatic appearance , again as a ‘ super-sub ’ , in the FA Cup Final of 1990 . |
| 8 | ‘ I found a flea market in Holborn and was walking around for three hours . |
| 9 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |
| 10 | All I remember is that at one point he walked along with one foot on the kerb and the other in the gutter and was told off for limping . |
| 11 | Gwendolen had had a distressing day and was making up for it with several glasses of this delightfully spicy lemonade . |
| 12 | Gagong Apang was re-elected leader of the Congress ( I ) legislative party on March 5 and was sworn in for his fourth term as Chief Minister on March 7 . |
| 13 | Habré arranged elections and was sworn in for a further seven-year presidential term on Dec. 22 , 1989 , but was overthrown on Dec , 1 , 1990 , by rebel forces from the east under the leadership of his one-time military commander Idriss Déby , leader of the Patriotic Salvation Movement ( MPS ) [ see p. 37907 ] . |
| 14 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
| 15 | Lincoln went into receivership and was put up for sale on 4 February , 1922 . |