Example sentences of "was [verb] for they [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The original records were of paper unsuitable for permanent records , but in 1597 an order was given for them to be written on parchment .
2 Ankhu and Nebamun would have it easier , but for the majority of privileged men work was a nominal activity as they laboured more or less intelligently in the upper ranks of the army , the civil service and the priesthood ; most of the graft was done for them at a humbler level .
3 Secondly , the hon. Gentleman asked for a change of policy that would ensure that , before people were discharged from long-stay hospitals , proper provision was made for them in the community .
4 The fourth matter upon which the appellants rely , and this is a matter of considerable importance , is that they claim to have been misled by the solicitor who was acting for them during the course of 1991 and particularly in respect of these committal proceedings .
5 She thought about them a lot , wondering how it was going for them on their first real day on active service ; the first day , she supposed , of the rest of their lives — of the duration , at least .
6 The gardener was waiting for them at the front door .
7 It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination .
8 For an hour the guests sat patiently listening ; then everybody got up and , with the air of people who have been thinking of little else for some time , demolished the langoor ( free food ) which was waiting for them at the rear of the house .
9 To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital .
10 Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i .
11 He was waiting for them with his barge by the first footbridge over the canal as they came down from the moor .
12 Duncan trotted back with him and , sure enough , Mother dinosaur was waiting for them with a big smile on her face .
13 Up the slope , at the top of his semi-circular steps , Alexander Menzies was waiting for them in his best silk coat like a dandy at a ball , with a straightfaced young man standing by his side .
14 They made their way back , not to the abbey but the castle , Corbett sending ahead one of his escort to ask Wishart for an audience and when they arrived the old , foxy-faced Bishop was waiting for them in his now sweltering chambers , though still swathed in fur-trimmed robes .
15 I caught up with them about 3.30pm in Jackson Bridge where they were finishing a hymn , and possibly a silent prayer , before they marched back up the steep winding hill to Hepworth where a free tea was waiting for them in the school .
16 They went downstairs and the old lady was waiting for them in the hall .
17 They had given up all hope of ever moving when a two-bedroom house with a garden was found for them in Forthlin Road , Allerton last week .
18 They had given up all hope of ever moving when a two-bedroom house with a garden was found for them in Forthlin Road , Allerton last week .
19 So Rachel at six years and Margaret at five years were left in England after our second furlough , and generous help was provided for them by the organiser of a preparatory school .
20 The picture was provided for them in terms of medical explanations with patterns of behaviour , development , and any personal or emotional problems accounted for by their medical condition .
21 On their births a trust a fund of tens of thousands of pound was started for them in their names by their grandmother .
22 Indeed , Eoin O'Duffy , who led an Irish contingent to Spain to help Franco , maintained that they had gone to fight the battle of Christianity against Communism , a view which was confirmed for them by the Irish Dominican father , Revd Paul O' Sullivan when he said :
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