Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were lengthened selectively for a limited-stop service after ten new trailers were ordered for delivery in 1960 . |
| 2 | The Belfast methods , on the other hand , were developed primarily for the study of closeknit communities — and indeed it is likely that they are particularly and rather generally suitable for urban or rural communities of this type . |
| 3 | Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome were calculated separately for Maori and non-Maori children . |
| 4 | Government-approved ‘ mousetrap ’ had for so long banished regional English cheeses , for instance , that they were given up for dead . |
| 5 | It is also true , of course , that these doctors ' free services were given partly for research and clinical experience , partly from strictly charitable motives and partly to establish marketable reputations in the private sector of pre-NHS British medicine . |
| 6 | But the centres which were the linchpin of the movement were criticized both for erring too much on the side of prevention — tackling such issues as racism , poverty and education in the communities served , and for doing too little prevention , this arising from the affiliation of most of them to general and mental hospitals . |
| 7 | Long before the century closed , pressures were building up for constitutional change and for more profound changes in the social and economic system itself . |
| 8 | It is impossible to exaggerate the importance that the Danakil attached to this practice , rating as they did a man 's prowess by the number of his kills ; many raids were undertaken principally for this purpose . |
| 9 | The ingredients were gathered together for me by Lord Wittisham , the kidneys themselves prepared by Mr Pegg , and I attended to the final cooking and preparation of the sauce . ’ |
| 10 | Others were queueing up for cracks at goal as well , notably Jon Newsome on at least two occasions , as well as Speed and Bats . |
| 11 | Blackburn , loads of Iti clubs were queueing up for him . |
| 12 | A VET from Stockton , firemen and an RSPCA inspector were honoured yesterday for rescuing a pony trapped after it slipped down a drain . |
| 13 | If , on the other hand , the party meeting were to go well for him , it would be a helpful antidote to a bad by-election . |
| 14 | Tenders were to go out for provisions , and every person in the infirmary was to find his own tea ( except for the house surgeon , the matron and Dr. Yeats ' pupil ) . |
| 15 | ( A further five were referred back for lack of such sponsors ) . |
| 16 | Your Royal Highness , it follows to me er Council have debated the Riding Report er a lot of it they did not accept , many of the ideas were referred back for further reconsideration and that is in the hands of the Central Management Committee at the moment and we are proposing to develop the ideas and come back to Council and the wh whole report is not forgotten . |
| 17 | Great collections were formed primarily for personal enjoyment . |
| 18 | Groups formed in this way tended to remain relatively stable , moving as a whole from one activity to another , although in a few classes they were formed only for specific activities ( generally mathematics ) and disbanded for the rest of the day . |
| 19 | He shut his eyes upon a rush of tears , and painfully contained them , but the springs of fondness in the middle of his being were weeping inconsolably for the stilling of the quick hands and the creative mind . |
| 20 | Lucien hurried to the wardrobe where several garments were hanging up for his use . |
| 21 | They would then find that they were hanging around for hours and the crafty ones would try to find a prop bed to catch up on some sleep . |
| 22 | We were hanging about for 19 hours altogether . ’ |
| 23 | Confirmation of the deal , the terms of which were adjusted marginally for exchange rate movements since a letter of intent was signed in July , coincided with the release of Nu-Swift 's interim figures revealing pre-tax profits of £16.4m ( £15.5m ) and earnings per share of 19.78p ( 18.73p ) . |
| 24 | Crowe 's 107 gave the visitors faint hopes of saving the match after they were dismissed earlier for 102 , their lowest first innings total against Sri Lanka . |
| 25 | Many of these works were intended primarily for other experts in the field and attracted little popular attention . |
| 26 | Applications to both the United States and Canada were filled out for all the members of the family except the oldest child , Eva . |
| 27 | Managers get the blame EDUCATION managers in County Durham were blamed yesterday for keeping money away from the schools which need it most . |
| 28 | It was less bad than the one before , but I could n't tell if they were dying down for good or if this were the prelude to something else . |
| 29 | They were left on the car park , so people knew they were parked there for the night . |
| 30 | We were tooling up for it when we were sacked . |