Example sentences of "was [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then I was coughing for ages then mum goes oh you , I go oh , I feel terrible ! |
| 2 | In a separate adjudication yesterday , Boots was rebuked for claims made for its Farley 's Junior Milk , a formula it recommends for babies over six months old . |
| 3 | The painting clearly represents a real instrument , and since the picture was intended for Handel to keep ( as we may infer from his afterwards presenting it to Harris ) there seems to be little likelihood of the painter substituting an instrument with which the composer had no connection . |
| 4 | The remainder was intended for Bibles , Prayer Books and ‘ … other books of piety ’ , as well as putting one of the most hopeful of poor persons from each school to some trade , calling or honest employment . |
| 5 | The French navy stopped a North Korean vessel in the Red Sea near Yemen , believing it 's cargo was intended for Iraq . |
| 6 | But even though his book was intended for contemplatives , it was also widely read by lay men and women . |
| 7 | Maybe it was intended for Darren White or even Richard Morrison … but not me . |
| 8 | In 1842 he wrote out a short sketch of his theory , and in 1844 a substantial essay that was intended for publication only if ( as he now feared ) he should die prematurely . |
| 9 | Verse 24 : the pit , here mercifully dry , was intended for water storage . |
| 10 | The scheme was intended for people of poor or moderate means . |
| 11 | The project was intended for use with first year secondary school pupils ( aged 11–12 years ) and involves an average of three hours of teaching over a series of classroom lessons . |
| 12 | The funding amounted to some US$60,000,000 annually , of which about half was intended for weapons acquisition . |
| 13 | Of the country 's three nuclear reactors in Yongbyon , one 50-100 megawatt plant was not connected to the national grid , thereby indicating that it was intended for weapons production . |
| 14 | A fly , whose buzzing had been driving me insane , was struggling for life . |
| 15 | Mr Wolski thought of his friend the eagle who was struggling for life through this long night Then he did something he had not done for years , for decades , since before the darkness came to his own life in the Second World War : he said a silent prayer . |
| 16 | It showed that beneath the granite exterior emotion did exist , even if it was struggling for survival . |
| 17 | She thought again of waking him , for he was struggling for breath in his sleep . |
| 18 | She loved Bobbie for his devotion and loyalty to her in the days when she had few friends and was struggling for recognition . |
| 19 | She was surprised to see that he was struggling for words — something he had not done since the day two years before when her brother Thomas had been murdered by the English . |
| 20 | She was remanded for probation reports and will be sentenced next month . |
| 21 | Karim was remanded for reports . |
| 22 | Cowen , of Holloway , north London , admitted robbery and was remanded for reports . |
| 23 | His hair was trailing behind him like a veil and Mike , the bass , observed that he looked as though he was trawling for mackerel ; and as he turned , Colin , the drummer , said : ‘ Bugger me ! |
| 24 | Everything he said or wrote was calculated for posterity , in her view , he sounded like a sheaf of notes looking for a history book . |
| 25 | Since the number of labelled cells in the upper crypts was often quite low , a single labelling index was calculated for compartment 4+5 ( labelling index 4+5 ) as suggested by other investigators . |
| 26 | The reference to ‘ all the circumstances ’ was not included in the Bill , but had been in earlier legislation , and was reinstated for fear that the courts might read into the omission a legislative intention that was not truly held . |
| 27 | It was withdrawn for use on potatoes in 1990 after tests had also indicated contamination . |
| 28 | The press was clamouring for blood and Lord Harris told Robertson that he would have to tender his resignation to the academic advisory council . |
| 29 | On a different plane , it may be noted that just before 1984 's seven-country G7 economic summit in London , Japan was clamouring for access , in the event of a supply disruption , to the US SPR . |
| 30 | ‘ When he told me he was panning for gold , I simply did n't believe it . |