Example sentences of "were [vb pp] for [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the cards were written , they were taken to the school chapel where prayers were said for everyone imprisoned for their beliefs . |
| 2 | The three piano concertos , which Mozart described as a happy medium between what is too easy and what is too difficult — virtuosic , pleasant to listen to , and natural without being banal — were written for himself to play at his subscription concerts . |
| 3 | Arrangements were made for her to go to a home specialising in care for people who were motivated to look after themselves , and the staff were prepared to cope with the deafness . |
| 4 | The cavalcade stopped and orders were issued for us to rest in the fields around the church whilst Queen Margaret and her principal attendants went inside . |
| 5 | Margaret Irwin cited it as another process from which women were excluded for what seemed to her good reason : " It requires both muscular strength and a certain " knack " . |