Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1	On arrival , conference participants were invited to sign up for a workshop of their choice .
2	In one task — rhyme monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word which rhymed with a cue word given in advance ( e.g. doubt ) .
3	In the other task — category monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word belonging to a particular semantic category ( e.g. fish ) .
4	It was dreadful while you could n't remember what time tea break was , or what time breakfast was , or what time you were meant to line up for this , that or the other , or what time doses [ handing out medication ] was .
5	The students quickly bonded themselves into a tight knit group and they fought , argued , demanded and were encouraged to come back for more .
6	The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings .
7	The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings .
8	He was dismayed by the vendor 's agents who confirmed they and their client were determined to hold out for double the offer .
9	Unfortunately , if you got too close to him you were tempted to look around for the source of the odour — perhaps there was an overdressed salad in the vicinity ?
10	Twenty five patients were lost to follow up for non-biliary reasons .
11	In East Africa , travellers were advised to watch out for the variety of indigenous ‘ types ’ to be seen at railway stations , from the Islamic , partly Arabized , Swahili of the coast , to the Kamba and Kikuyu of the interior , and then , a special treat , the magnificent Masai , bearing their shields and spears in a sadly peaceable demonstration of subjection , before reaching the Nilotic peoples of the shore of Lake Victoria .

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