Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was found guilty , and sentence was adjourned for reports . |
| 2 | At Winfrith , a range of skills developed for nuclear modelling and inspection were adapted for use by the offshore oil industry . |
| 3 | The steam engine and boiler were sold for scrap shortly after the mill ceased working , and the tall brick chimney , so long a distinctive landmark of the area , demolished some time later . |
| 4 | Ann Ellis , 40 , of Warrender House , Haywood Road , Moffat , pled not guilty to the charges at Dumfries Sheriff Court and trial was fixed for June . |
| 5 | A price of £250,000 was agreed , and completion was set for August 1980 . |
| 6 | The liver appeared normal but access to the portal vein was difficult so the infrarenal inferior vena cava and aorta were prepared for anastomosis . |
| 7 | Perhaps too much was written on the career of Mick Mannock , whose group of medals including his VC , DSO , and two bars , MC and bar were offered for sale . |
| 8 | Excision biopsy and histology were considered for naevi showing change or new naevi not present at the time of the previous photographic session . |
| 9 | Turf and peat could be cut and dried for fuel and building materials , rough wood was used for firewood and construction , and reeds , rushes and bracken were gathered for bedding , roofing , flooring and building . |
| 10 | Clogs were made from alder , and reed was used for thatch . |
| 11 | Then a hue and cry was mounted for Mr Delors to get in touch urgently with the Prime Minister either in Downing Street or on the telephone . |
| 12 | The wheels , tyres and undercarriage were designed for strength . |
| 13 | THE brother of Alison Manwaring yesterday called for a referendum on the death penalty after the killer of his sister and father was jailed for life . |
| 14 | A script for a 1942 BBC broadcast went for £500 , the Air Ministry design certificate for Lancaster prototype BT308 fetched £3,100 , a signed menu from the Dam Busters celebratory dinner on June 22 , 1943 realised £2,900 and an early sketch and calculations by Chadwick for the Avro Vulcan , together with his slide rule and desk-set was sold for £6,100 with most of the Chadwick collection going to a telephone bidder . |
| 15 | Amulets of carbuncle and chalcedony were approved for children 's wear at sea , and mariners were advised to bind coral to mast-heads with strips of seal-skin as a precaution against ship-wreck and tempest . |
| 16 | Over 1,200 people died as a result , and earth was scorched for miles around . |
| 17 | Carrots and saccharin were substituted for sugar . |