Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [was/were] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several species of Leguminosae were also collected for their seeds , and probably for tubers as well . |
| 2 | Strait , agent to the late Jayne Mansfield , said the gruesome last moments of Monroe were secretly recorded for the Mafia . |
| 3 | As Niall rang off Lindsey was already reaching for her clothes . |
| 4 | A further pipeline from Urengoy was originally planned for 1986–90 but may be deferred because of the market situation . |
| 5 | The annual holiday in Cornwall was eagerly anticipated for months . |
| 6 | The Lewises ’ substantial house in Belfast was finally sold for £2,300 , seven months after their purchase of The Kilns . |
| 7 | In the Dreamflight tradition , the crew of the British Airways jumbo that took the group to America were specially chosen for their affinity with children . |
| 8 | In a variation on this feat , the bull-leaper performed the ‘ Diving Leap ’ from a vantage point ; the large , stepped stone block in the north-west corner of the Bull Court at Phaistos was probably used for this purpose , and there may have been similar free-standing vaulting blocks at Knossos and Mallia . |