Example sentences of "who [was/were] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberal senators — such as Wayne Morse of Oregon , Paul Douglas of Illinois and J.William Fulbright of Arkansas — who were noted for their intellect and independence , all vigorously defended Truman against lonely critics like Robert Taft of Ohio . |
| 2 | Travelling on a false passport made out in the name of James Richardson , Bourke travelled by train from London to Paris ( apparently without encountering any problems with the police who were searching for him ) , and thence by air to Berlin where he crossed into the eastern sector and shortly afterwards was flown to Moscow to be reunited with Blake . |
| 3 | The raiders , who were searching for cash and jewellery , left valuable fur coats , stereos , a photo of Gazza with the Queen , and an England shirt , according to police . |
| 4 | Suburbs sprawled out to provide homes for the newly prosperous who were searching for more peaceful surroundings . |
| 5 | All these variables , however , were similar to those of normal subjects in the 15 patients re-evaluated after 12 months of gluten free diet as well as in the 35 patients who were treated for more than one year , who were all in clinical , biochemical , and histological remission . |
| 6 | A study published today describes 26 patients — 19 of them men — who were monitored for up to 14 years . |
| 7 | During the last century they came to be conducted largely by the police and lawyers instructed by them , who were replaced for most purposes by the Crown Prosecution Service in 1986 . |
| 8 | The MP who introduced the bill said many of the men who were shot for cowardice were in fact suffering from shell shock . |
| 9 | Would you like me to check the mail — or attend to the women who were to go for a bush walk ? ’ |
| 10 | The palace was surrounded by a crowd who were shouting for him to speak . |
| 11 | The long , silvery , all-metal kitchen was already occupied by two figures dressed in white trousers and jackets topped by high white paper hats : the diminutive lady chef from Montreal and a tall willowy young man who introduced himself as Angus , the special chef employed by the outside firm of top-class caterers who were providing for this journey the sort of food not usually served on trains . |
| 12 | The skull was dug up in eighteen seventy four by workmen who were quarrying for stone in the area around Barrow Wake near Gloucester . |
| 13 | Sergei Shakhrai , former presidential legal advisor , warned in Komsomolskaya pravda of Aug. 8 that the SC had fallen into the control of conservatives who were hoping for a return to the administrative-command system . |
| 14 | It is above all those children who were cared for actively by their grandparents who recall them in depth and with strong feeling . |
| 15 | The Survival Study included 21,906 children aged 6–90 months in 185 geographical clusters , who were followed for up to 26 months . |
| 16 | The symptoms of 174 children who were evaluated for chronic constipation , are reported in this study together with the longterm outcome in 90 of them . |
| 17 | Although originally the Roman calendar began in the spring on 1 March ( as reflected in our names for the months September to December ) , the consuls , who were elected for one year , in 153 BC began to take office on 1 January . |
| 18 | Reckless reported a large series of 154 diabetics who were examined for the presence of macrovascular complications with relation to actual lipoprotein levels ( Reckless et al , 1978 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Very grand women who were prized for their minds as much as their bodies were taken on board by powerful individuals . |
| 20 | The union has also taken up the case of 50 workers who were fired for joining the union . |
| 21 | Emancipation for women was beginning to rumble and Cook may have embraced the idea , but , being a shrewd opportunist , it is more likely that he saw potential customers among women who were striving for more freedom . |
| 22 | He says if people had listen to the voices who were calling for him to be locked up then he would n't have had this chance to show an improvement . |
| 23 | He was outstanding in charity and compassion , paying for the release of prisoners who were detained for debts and succouring families in time of need , but giving strict charge that they should not acknowledge the source of this help . |
| 24 | Three organisers of an Acid House party who were jailed for three months for breaching an injunction banning an event in Warwickshire were freed in the High Court in London yesterday after apologising . |
| 25 | David Waddington , the home secretary , announced that he has asked the chief constable of the West Midlands to investigate the conviction of the Birmingham six , who were jailed for an IRA bombing 16 years ago . |
| 26 | On April 25 , 1989 , the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court ordered the release of 32 members of the Youth Congress ( I ) who were jailed for contempt after a demonstration in the State Assembly in March following remarks allegedly made by the General Secretary of the ruling Telugu Desam Party , Ashok Gajapathi Raju , that Rajiv Gandhi was responsible for the death of his mother Indira and had benefited from it . |
| 27 | Patricia Cahill and Karyn Smith , who were jailed for drugs smuggling , have been given a royal pardon by the King of Thailand . |
| 28 | While the Viet Minh forces were deployed in the liberation of the northern border provinces they were also able to create a reserve ( one writer estimates 10 000 troops ) who were trained for the ‘ big push ’ . |
| 29 | Pilots who were selected for the early courses were from very varied backgrounds . |
| 30 | The EESA team consisted of the educational psychologist who originally proposed that the agency should be set up , a supervisor , and eight workers who were selected for such qualities as their apparent ability to empathize with their clients without seeming patronizing , and to deal with difficult situations . |