Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [was/were] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DJs heard six songs and were asked for advice on the first single . |
| 2 | Mixtures of thymocytes and stromal cells rapidly reform ( within 12 hours ) into intact thymus lobes and were analysed for T-cell development in terms of lymphoid content and TCR , CD4 and CD8 expression after 9 days in culture ( Fig.2 ) . |
| 3 | Many secondees had been a considerable time in their pre-secondment posts and were looking for variety . |
| 4 | Hitler and his panzers were sweeping all before them , they had got into the low countries and were heading for Britain . |
| 5 | After further assessment six patients were considered to be inappropriate referrals and were returned for surgery ( two total obstruction , one tumour invading anus , three fit for surgery and resectable by anterior resection ) . |
| 6 | Particularly in the streets that have undergone a great deal of change since the war , like the street where I live myself , which is another thing that prompted me to , to go into the research in the first place , which is erm a house of small Victorian erm I believe the estate agents call them artisans ' cottages , and this kind of area which , there 's a great deal of this sort of property in Brighton , has undergone enormous changes since the war from being multi-occupied before the war , with one family on each floor , were regarded immediately after the war as slums and were scheduled for demolition , but they 've been a great lease of life all over the country , this sort of property , and been subjected to a process which has come to be known as gentrification , which has meant that when the middle class could n't afford to , to buy semi-detached in suburbs they took to buying this kind of smaller property in town centres , thereby introducing a whole new element into streets that had never seen these , this kind of things done to houses before . |
| 7 | She loved Bobbie for his devotion and loyalty to her in the days when she had few friends and was struggling for recognition . |
| 8 | People were being hit with live lead bullets and were screaming for help . |
| 9 | At an earlier trial , Dennison and Stuart Warne — the main link between the drug-dealers and the Ulstermen — both admitted conspiracy to murder and drugs charges and were jailed for life . |
| 10 | The two appeared before Swindon magistrates and were committed for trial at Bristol Crown Court . |
| 11 | Even apparently respectable citizens , family men and pillars of the establishment ( one old-time big-wave rider had been elected to the House of Representatives and was running for Hawaii State Governor ) become teenage rebels again when they wax down their boards . |