Example sentences of "for [noun pl] [coord] was [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | In fact it has been carefully managed for centuries and was indeed enclosed in the late seventeenth century . |
2 | As for the hair which used to be trimmed by a top London stylist and had swung in a smooth shoulder-skimming bob , it had not been cut for months and was now bundled unceremoniously on to the top of her head . |
3 | He has yet to visit a home for asylum-seekers and was not proposing to attend the memorial services for the victims of the Solingen attack . |
4 | As the circuit dried , he stopped for slicks and was not threatened until held up when lapping tail-enders . |
5 | The court heard Bedworth hacked for kicks and was so advanced he was able to change computer passwords . |