Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] was [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them was actually working for the intelligence services . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure Kinsella 's boss , being a member of the legal profession , will be shocked when he learns that an employee of his was once convicted for embezzlement . ’ |
| 3 | Most of them knew of no patient who had died of asthma during the past five or more years , but three possible cases were referred to , one of which was already accounted for . |
| 4 | The most obvious evidence of this warfare was reflected in buildings , such as Coldingham Priory , one of the most rebuilt places of worship in the Borders , the ownership of which was hotly disputed for centuries . |
| 5 | They came out of the circuit one by one and bore down on the SE5s , each of which was now heading for the balloon from a different quarter . |
| 6 | He was defeated only four times in a long career , ‘ retiring with a fortune of £70,000 , almost all of which was promptly lost for him ’ . |