Example sentences of "[adv] was [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His tutor raised what more was needed for financial security . |
| 2 | A MAN who set fire to his former girlfriend 's home was jailed for 18 months yesterday . |
| 3 | At one fairly general meeting in December 1985 , with people from the CIA and the FBI and the State Department , he dropped in the passing remark : ‘ even if the last hostage that came out was traded for 80 Hawk missiles ’ . |
| 4 | The beginning was also a time when I was asked if I , too , would soon let them down ‘ like all the others ’ and when being there was expressed for all by Janet : ‘ I 'm only here because my daughter is the way she is . |
| 5 | Last month , Christopher How was jailed for three years , after being found guilty of seven charges of fraud and theft . |
| 6 | He too was jailed for seven years . |