Example sentences of "were being [vb pp] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Voting was reported to be brisk , with a 100 per cent turnout in the Knin district , although there was criticism that many voters remained unclear about what kind of autonomy they were being asked to vote for . |
| 2 | erm I think , you see , that people were being asked to vote for the wrong thing . |
| 3 | Problems were encountered when personnel officials — generally lacking in senior and especially Board status — were being asked to advertise for , interview , help select and then appoint executives to positions considerably higher than those they held themselves . |
| 4 | Labour demanded an immediate Commons statement from Mr Lilley and said it was outrageous that the long-term sick were being asked to pay for the Government 's economic mess . |
| 5 | And Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown said that public sector workers were being forced to pay for the Government 's mismanagement of the economy . |
| 6 | And Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown said that public sector workers were being forced to pay for the Government 's mis management of the economy . |