Example sentences of "was [verb] [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was intended to run for a term of 15 years , yielding a Royalty of one-twelfth during the first two years , and a tenth part thereafter , " … sufficiently washed cleansed and made merchanteable … |
| 2 | Branson told employees that Virgin 's present staffing level was designed to allow for a modest expansion . |
| 3 | In Sabah the United Sabah Party ( Parti Bersatu Sabah — PBS ) won 14 of 20 federal seats , and was expected to press for a better return from the exploitation of Sabah 's natural resources . |
| 4 | This was expected to provide for a President and National Assembly , to be elected for a five-year term under a multiparty system , with the President eligible for re-election once only . |
| 5 | They looked at the low asset base and in the end it was decided to go for a trade sale . ’ |
| 6 | Some time later , I was persuaded to try for a spot in the formidable writer 's Waterloo that is the NME Subs ' Room . |
| 7 | He was told to strip for a medical examination but he was n't up to scratch and failed , and so never got his chance . |
| 8 | Another day he was sent from Washington to a Chinese vegetable stand on the Lower West Side in Manhattan , where he was told to ask for a person with the code name ‘ Mooey ’ ; Mooey went behind the counter , rolled up his trouser-leg and pulled out a wad of hundred-dollar bills , which Owen thought ‘ I had better count anyways . ’ |
| 9 | The rest of the money was used to pay for a dinner at the Crescent Hotel . |
| 10 | Iraqi Turkoman groups meeting in Istanbul on Nov. 9 called for a " unitary Iraqi state " but indicated that " if , in a free referendum to be held in Iraq under the supervision of neighbouring countries , including Turkey " , it was agreed to opt for a solution " based on ethnic structure " , Iraqi Turkomans would " exercise their right of self-determination within this structure " . |
| 11 | The vigil in the longhouses was going to last for a day , and perhaps for part of the next night at least . |
| 12 | I was going to ask for a couple of hours off and then he says , oh do n't bother ! |
| 13 | We 'd had dinner and were on our way back to the hotel when I told him I was going to go for a walk before going to bed . |
| 14 | You really think I was going to fall for a line like that and hand Barry over to you ? ’ |
| 15 | And there was a point where I was going to look for a job , drift off and forget about it . |
| 16 | Also , he was not going to accept it , he was going to look for a real motive for this murder . |
| 17 | He said he was going to look for a radiator at a scrap yard somewhere passed Akers Way . |
| 18 | He was going to try for a buy-out . |
| 19 | It was n't any use going back to the shop now ; she would phone Myra , then she would get down to designing the bridesmaids ' dresses that would match the bride 's gown she was commissioned to make for a big wedding in the autumn . |
| 20 | One of my favourite bits concerned the column she was commissioned to write for a newspaper during the general election . |
| 21 | When she recovered , she was invited to stay for a while at Thrushcross Grange . |
| 22 | In a detailed study of the genetic deletions found in colorectal cancer one of the commonly deleted genes ( DCC ) was found to code for a protein homologous to the immunoglobulin superfamily of cell adhesion molecules , again suggesting a possible tumour suppressor function . |
| 23 | when it was proposed to apply for a bill to make a line from Wolverhampton to Montgomery , and afterwards to abandon the latter part of the line , no meeting was called to ascertain the views of the district on the proposed abandonemtn of the part between Lydham Heath and Montgomery . |
| 24 | I was caused to go for a walk to get some fresh m-m-m-m-m-m — |
| 25 | A Cabinet was appointed to govern for a transitional period of 2@1/2 years . |
| 26 | His activities in the Peloponnese may have been provocatively anti-Spartan ( p. 25 ) ; in any event , he was forced to look for a permanent home in the king 's Asia . |
| 27 | Mr Johnstone was detailed to search for a duet from The Geisha . |
| 28 | Jilly had passed her A level in English Literature the summer before , having notably failed to acquire any qualifications except a pass in O level Divinity at her expensive school : now she was hoping to qualify for a course at the Open University . |
| 29 | Hulme did n't get his weekend , and was ordered to train for a third team match the following Wednesday . |
| 30 | At the same time British and European importers heard a rumour that the World Wildlife Fund was planning to call for a boycott on the use of tropical timbers . |