Example sentences of "which was [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Armenian Energy Ministry is intending to restart the ageing reactor at Medzamor , which was shut down for safety reasons after the earthquake in 1988 . |
| 2 | Iain Walker became well-known in climbing circles for accompanying the 1988 Bonington Menlungste expedition , which was dressed up for sponsorship purposes as a yeti hunt . |
| 3 | Erm basically we 've spent more than we 've erm taken in but that was a deliberate policy agreed on by the committee we 've already mentioned Norman 's flats erm that has been a most worthwhile expenditure and we 've got to look at that as a long-term investment because we 've got flats which are going to last for years and our expenditure which was getting on for fifteen hundred pounds will not have to be repeated . |
| 4 | Well they were two storey buildings , we had one office which was partitioned off for us clerks and the other half was for the traffic superintendent who was responsible , directly responsible to the general manager of the Ipswich Electric Supply and Transport Departments , so erm and then we had another office adjoining that which was a store room because in those days we used to have to erm record and keep in safekeeping all lost property , no end of things we used to have but we , you know , we used to have pigeon holes and lost property that was brought in , was placed into these pigeon holes it 'd be Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday . |
| 5 | As well as attending a safety briefing , they were able to view a helicopter which was kitted out for a medical evacuation operation and to see LASMO 's own computerised offshore personnel tracking system in action . |
| 6 | Beatty shot weakly when put through by Johnston , while Haylock was unlucky with a good strike which was deflected out for a corner . |
| 7 | From the first moments , when my brothers and I stood there incredulous as Blyth screamed and jumped and tugged at his leg , to the tearful farewell of Blyth 's parents and Diggs taking statements ( a bit even appeared in the Inverness Courier which was picked up for its curiosity value by a couple of the Fleet Street rags ) , not one person even suggested that it might have been anything other than a tragic and slightly macabre accident . |
| 8 | We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee . |
| 9 | MGM was not quite as happy with The Crowd ( 1928 ) , which was held back for a year and temporarily given a happy ending and which proved only to be as Kine Weekly predicted ‘ a sound box office success ’ rather than a runaway winner . |