Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] were [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come , I 'll spell it out for you — one thing only you were born for , and that 's to live fourteen years and then bring Undry here and hang it from these chains . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They made employment for a workforce and were used in the work of other occupations ; but mainly they were used for recreation . |
| 4 | The big show-piece cinemas were built to pull in the fashionable trade but they were not designed for the exclusive use of a social elite ; rather they were provided for all those groups who were prepared to pay money for the movie entertainment that was being provided as part of the delights offered by the down-town city . |
| 5 | You had the split shifts and the down shifts and maybe we were called for er a |
| 6 | And it is just as horrifying an idea to contemplate being walled into such a Paradise Garden as being condemned to spend eternity playing games with balloons which never burst , receiving presents from Santa without wondering how they were paid for , being organised into teams with leaders chosen arbitrarily from among us , or eating a permanent celestial buffet of ice cream and salmon sandwiches . |
| 7 | And he admits : ‘ It is not normal for the Spanish people to leave the place where you were born for long spells . |
| 8 | ‘ I am thinking , Miss Abernethie , she is perhaps wondering , Like myself , why you were sent for to Naples in the middle of the new-engaged couple 's holiday . |
| 9 | After their statement had been released to the press , the unarmed hijackers surrendered to Indian authorities in Calcutta where they were detained for trial . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 cold . |
| 12 | The people arrested were taken to separate police stations across Merseyside where they were held for questioning . |
| 13 | Frailties throughout the team had been ruthlessly exploited at Leicester , where they were taken for 60 points . |
| 14 | And really , in spite of the quartet 's realised commercial capabilities , this cunning reissue proves precisely why they were ignored for so long . |