Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [noun] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many were sold to raise funds for Henry 's wars , but some went as gifts to royal favourites , to strengthen the bond between monarch and greater subjects which was so important a part of the Tudor mystique and popularity . |
| 2 | The Queen 's Marshal and all her associates — Montolif , Pardo , de Bon — were allowed to take ship for Rhodes . ’ |
| 3 | But the machine worked for about two centuries , from about 280 to 100 B.C. : and the way it worked was that Rome passed from war to war without giving much thought to the very metaphysical question of whether the wars were meant to gain power for Rome or to keep the allies busy . |
| 4 | The corporation was empowered to grant licences for Sunday entertainment subject to such conditions as it thought fit . |
| 5 | The demonstration , using an IBM RS/6000 Model 560 — said to be the equivalent of a PowerPC system — was shown running WordPerfect for Macintosh ‘ faster than the fastest Quadra ’ , according to PowerOpen 's new president , Domenic LaCava . |
| 6 | The demonstration , using an IBM RS/6000 Model 560 — said to be the equivalent of a PowerPC system — was shown running WordPerfect for Macintosh ‘ faster than the fastest Quadra ’ , according to PowerOpen 's new president , Domenic LaCava . |
| 7 | It is said that , at the third defendant 's instance , it was proposed to raise finance for C.M.C. from a lender ( ‘ B.M.T. ’ ) and that the third defendant became managing director because B.M.T. would prefer to deal with a man having a proven business record rather than a musician . |