Example sentences of "they were [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These courses could not be done in a shorter time so they were normally arranged for a time of year when there was less pressure of work on those participating . |
| 2 | Because there was a shortage of pasture in many districts , cattle were allowed to wander freely to search for food , especially during the seasons when they were not wanted for agriculture . |
| 3 | William had come to the throne two years earlier , in 1688 , after the Glorious Revolution against the Catholic James II ; but although the Treatises do contain material which could be seen as after-the-fact justifications of the Revolution , they were not written for this reason . |
| 4 | They were very conscious during this requiem mass that they were not to pray for him , but pray to him . |
| 5 | The Irish may have scored socially but they came a poor second on the field because , says DON CAMERON , they were not prepared for the speed and the impact of the N.Z. game . |
| 6 | They were not prepared for the thousands of young people demonstrating on the streets , apparently with Deng 's blessing . |
| 7 | Furthermore , they were not prepared for this by socialisation at school and at home . |
| 8 | Our customers are many and varied , ranging from domestic pets to farm animals and even an occasional exotic animal — like the lion that was brought from a travelling circus with a cut foot , and caused consternation amongst our more regular clients ; they were not prepared for such a large cat sitting in the back of a Land Rover in our car park . |
| 9 | These are included for comparison as they were not tested for precise position-independent and copy-number dependent expression . |
| 10 | Overall , little more than half of them were serious candidates put up by Fianna Fail , Fine Gael , Labour and the Progressive Democrats , and on the ballot paper they were not listed for convenience of identification in party groups ; the other candidates were outsiders . |
| 11 | They were not shot for joyriding . |
| 12 | Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths . |
| 13 | By now certain that Meehan and Griffiths were the murderers of Mrs Ross , the Crown Office in Edinburgh issued a statement that with Griffiths 's death and Meehan 's arrest , they were not looking for any other suspects in connection with the Ayr murder — thus , said Nicky , prejudging the very issue that was to come to trial . |
| 14 | Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the discovery . |
| 15 | Police investigating the cause of a suspicious house fire in which a 33-year-old man died said yesterday ( Wed ) they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident . |
| 16 | Second only to the Royal Saloons of this time were the 57ft saloons de luxe , built for the accommodation of the Royal suite , when the King and Queen were travelling ; when they were not required for this purpose they could be hired . |
| 17 | They were not opting for a particularly expensive scheme . |
| 18 | Court archives included much material of interest , but the people who consulted them were almost exclusively clerks who needed to establish points for cases : they were not used for history-making . |
| 19 | The big show-piece cinemas were built to pull in the fashionable trade but they were not designed for the exclusive use of a social elite ; rather they were provided for all those groups who were prepared to pay money for the movie entertainment that was being provided as part of the delights offered by the down-town city . |
| 20 | The result was a vessel which was surprisingly fast and manoeuvrable for its size — few were more than twenty drem in length — but they were not designed for an extended sea journey , that was certain . |
| 21 | In the chapter on Smolensk guberniia it was noted how peasants were bludgeoned into hauling wood to engine fuel-dumps , although they were not paid for it . |
| 22 | Their father made it clear they were not to blame for the situation and today neither recalls feeling guilty . |
| 23 | A thought er went , slipped by me er we must upon this council thank the committee staff that controlled the multitude outside , er they were n't trained for it but can the er thanks of this council for their endeavours in keeping the situation calm be recorded . |
| 24 | But none of his encounters seemed to be convivial , so they were n't calling for drinks while he was there . |
| 25 | Erm so the Communist Party , to try to counter this sort of erm advance of the rich peasant economy which they saw was getting a bit too far , tried to encourage the formation of mutual aid teams erm but they were very , there were problems in that in erm the implementation of this because peasants were unwilling to share their tools , they were n't compensated for it . |
| 26 | They were n't looking for you , they were looking for cocaine . |
| 27 | ‘ They were n't looking for a weapon . |
| 28 | One thing was for sure : they were n't dressed for snow . |
| 29 | He would rather have stayed in the open , where they were n't searching for him , but he had to return to the gatehouse . |
| 30 | Er they were n't built for dogs , yet people brought dogs with them or adopted , let's say , dogs what came there . |