Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would have been enough to allow the guardians to purchase 300 hot cross buns for the inmates at current prices ; that , too , was duly authorised for Easter 1930 . |
| 2 | He was duly cited for contempt , received a thirty-day sentence to jail and a fine , which were quashed two years later on appeal . |
| 3 | A lamb I had seen munching hay in the courtyard was duly killed for lunch . |
| 4 | Everett was duly interviewed for suitability in a hall in Shepherd 's Bush on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 5 | She was eventually sold for scrap . |
| 6 | This brother-in-law was eventually hanged for highway robbery . |
| 7 | It was immaterial to her that he was coarse and brutish , that he kept an illegal tavern , that he was invariably drunk , and that he was eventually imprisoned for manslaughter . |
| 8 | By the end of the month it had been codified into a document which was widely circulated for study among work groups . |
| 9 | Further , and more important , it was open to doubt whether the nobility was properly trained for war . |
| 10 | " It was all valued for probate , " Sara reminded him , " but in any case , I 'm not interested . |
| 11 | The man all cricket knows as Syd was all set for action … after a year long fight for fitness … and then on saturday in the gym fate struck again |
| 12 | The man all cricket knows as Syd was all set for action … after a year long fight for fitness … and then on saturday in the gym fate struck again |
| 13 | This was especially observed for hTFIIIB ( lanes 4 and 5 ) . |
| 14 | Aid was especially needed for stabilization funds to bolster the convertibility of the three planned currencies . |
| 15 | The clubs are fitted with the exclusive 45″ lightweight Carbolite graphite shaft which was especially designed for use with this oversized metal head . |
| 16 | There was no reference to the key educational issue in the Queen 's speech , and Michael Stewart ( the new Secretary of State ) was obviously playing for time : ‘ I would rather wait a bit for a good comprehensive system than try to push a sham version in its place . ’ |
| 17 | Such a view is found in partial form in Calvin , and it surfaces again in the nineteenth century in the thought of both Edward Irving ( who was wrongly convicted for heresy for believing it ) and the great Anglican churchman , F. D. Maurice ( 1805–1872 ) . |
| 18 | Which was only made for export . |
| 19 | It made the marketing of Palestinian goods inside Israel subject to a licence that in practice was only given for produce , like olives , which was not produced by Jews in commercial quantities . |
| 20 | A second-hand car which is not safe to be driven on the road ( for example because the brakes are in such a state that they would fail if the driver had to carry out an emergency stop ) is clearly not of merchantable quality , Lee v. York Coach and Marine ( 1977 C.A. ) — unless of course the car was only sold for scrap . |
| 21 | I was only asking for confirmation of what I expected . |
| 22 | It seems rather ironic that Stratford Mill , which was better placed for access to the transport system and a water supply , should be the first to go . |
| 23 | It was soon discontinued for lack of patronage ! |
| 24 | The first approach was thus developed for use with existing systems and models , whilst the second must be used in conjunction with a hierarchical geometric modeller and CAD system . |
| 25 | He was finally accepted for treatment about eighteen months after his accident . |
| 26 | By now , having experienced the sensation of flying , he felt that his future was in flying the aircraft rather than servicing them on the ground ; in April 1934 he was finally accepted for pilot training . |
| 27 | Following its formalization by three South African legal experts on the basis of principles already adopted by the Assembly [ see p. 37116 ] , the draft Constitution was finally tabled for discussion on Jan. 25 . |
| 28 | Floodlighting was finally allowed for Cup ties from 1955 and for League games from 1956 . |
| 29 | He had eighteen previous convictions when he was finally arrested for murder , including assault and bodily harm , and three charges pending . |
| 30 | The Duchess was desperately looking for help . |