Example sentences of "they were [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were favoured for the job because of their rapid loading , the cars hardly needing to stop ! |
| 2 | To make matters worse , the value of homes has dropped dramatically since they were fixed for the council tax more than a year ago . |
| 3 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for the effects of cold . |
| 4 | Naturally most of the boys opted for ‘ the strip ’ and each time the innuendo was made the girls pretended it was terribly witty and original , If a little naughty , just as they did when they were asked for the twentieth time if perhaps they might be the prize . |
| 5 | They were dressed for the nautch , dressed as women , yet they were not women . |
| 6 | They were headed for the bay . ’ |
| 7 | The so-called ‘ Palace Style ’ amphoras were at first made and used only at Knossos itself , which strongly suggests that they were made for the use of the ruling elite . |
| 8 | In cloze they were scored for the grammatical accuracy as well as the semantic correctness of their suggestions . |
| 9 | During their stay , they were assessed for the module Experiencing Europe 2 . |
| 10 | But , increasingly , films look like they were designed for the small screen . |
| 11 | They used fishing rods and hooks , those cunning , black , nocturnal anglers , and they were blamed for the disappearance of booze from liquor cabinets and sugar from pantries . |
| 12 | But the British authorities were unable to protect the Littlejohns when they were arrested for the robbery of £67,000 from a bank in Grafton Street , Dublin , in 1972 . |
| 13 | Six seconds of fame after hours of queueing for this fan of a fan THE Lamports had queued for four hours before they were interviewed for the Antiques . |
| 14 | They were set for the garlic and the prawns , if they made it quick . |
| 15 | They 're lab chimps , and before they were acquired for the Jenner Clinic they were part of a language project . |
| 16 | The fact that they were considered for the Swedish national side in 1965 cut no ice with discerning Athletico fans . |
| 17 | Precisely what they would do to justify their share of the precious filtered air in the bunker is unclear , although only marginally less so than the process by which they were chosen for the job in the first place . |
| 18 | They were chosen for the award by an independent panel of judges comprising leading local journalists from the print and electronic media and are the sixth award winners from the state of Kedah and the 142nd overall since the scheme was launched in July 1975 . |
| 19 | During the campaign she found 2 women with whom she could not work , they were dropped for the good of the project . |
| 20 | They were confined for the most part to the close proximity of the waterways and some parts of the country hardly knew them at all . |