Example sentences of "they were [vb pp] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were favoured for the job because of their rapid loading , the cars hardly needing to stop ! |
| 2 | To make matters worse , the value of homes has dropped dramatically since they were fixed for the council tax more than a year ago . |
| 3 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for the effects of cold . |
| 4 | The missi were both priests and laymen ; they were appointed for a term of one year in specified countships and complaints against count or bishop were brought before them . |
| 5 | UN aid officials said yesterday they were prepared for a battle of wills with rebel Serbs in an attempt to get trucks loaded with emergency supplies through to starving Muslims in eastern Bosnia . |
| 6 | The people of Ben Ami were not frightened but they were prepared for an enemy ; and visitors interested in the Arab–Jewish war of 1948 were well advised to present convincing explanations for their questions before they stirred memories too deeply . |
| 7 | They were dressed for the nautch , dressed as women , yet they were not women . |
| 8 | They were headed for the bay . ’ |
| 9 | The so-called ‘ Palace Style ’ amphoras were at first made and used only at Knossos itself , which strongly suggests that they were made for the use of the ruling elite . |
| 10 | Throughout his time at university , Gedge was still seeing Janet Rigby , although they were separated for a year while she finished her ‘ A ’ Levels in Middleton . |
| 11 | During their stay , they were assessed for the module Experiencing Europe 2 . |
| 12 | They used fishing rods and hooks , those cunning , black , nocturnal anglers , and they were blamed for the disappearance of booze from liquor cabinets and sugar from pantries . |
| 13 | But the British authorities were unable to protect the Littlejohns when they were arrested for the robbery of £67,000 from a bank in Grafton Street , Dublin , in 1972 . |
| 14 | Six seconds of fame after hours of queueing for this fan of a fan THE Lamports had queued for four hours before they were interviewed for the Antiques . |
| 15 | They were set for the garlic and the prawns , if they made it quick . |
| 16 | They were silhouetted for a moment on the brow of the hill against a last pool of light among encroaching black storm-clouds . |
| 17 | Blackpool Council were impressed with the smooth running and high speeds , when they were taken for a trial run on July 1st in 1898 . |
| 18 | They were chosen for the award by an independent panel of judges comprising leading local journalists from the print and electronic media and are the sixth award winners from the state of Kedah and the 142nd overall since the scheme was launched in July 1975 . |
| 19 | Precisely what they would do to justify their share of the precious filtered air in the bunker is unclear , although only marginally less so than the process by which they were chosen for the job in the first place . |
| 20 | During the campaign she found 2 women with whom she could not work , they were dropped for the good of the project . |
| 21 | They were filmed for a documentary , ’ Twenty-four Square Miles ’ shot in an area that size in north Oxfordshire . |