Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several species of Leguminosae were also collected for their seeds , and probably for tubers as well . |
| 2 | Speeches made by other CPV leaders criticized the West for undermining world socialism ; Poland and Hungary were also denounced for allowing non-communists to gain a share of power . |
| 3 | Is it not ironic that Australia won the final playing in exactly the same style that England were so slated for — to win ! |
| 4 | With the advent of 110 mph running on the West Coast main line a number of Mk1 gangwayed full brakes ( fitted with B4 bogies ) coded NHA were specially maintained for high–speed running . |
| 5 | On the eastbound platform Dean and Lee were already waiting for them . |
| 6 | In a perverse way , losing their best player lifted the ‘ Stiffs ’ and they came more into the game , although Micky Deere and Terry Wade were both booked for negative play . |
| 7 | Most of the people who went to Virginia or the West Indies were clearly looking for an opportunity to do better than they could in England , and if they made fortunes they would probably go back to England to enjoy their wealth , but the Massachusetts Bay Company was more concerned with escape from England or with the creation of a society that improved on its better aspects and rejected the worse . |
| 8 | Having worked offshore on oil platforms for the last 13 years , Derry and Fran were well prepared for the rather isolated nature of life on the island . |
| 9 | Which makes the fact that its production continued at Fender until 1975 even more puzzling ; CBS were never noted for soft-spots in their accountancy approach , even with the best-sellers in the range , let alone the fringe elements like this . |
| 10 | She and Boldwood were obviously going for a ride together . |
| 11 | Pontypool were constantly penalised for their indiscretions , especially in the scrums , and despite the return after 10 weeks of Dean Oswald , their Kiwi No 8 , they were unable to win any worthwhile possession . |
| 12 | A number of his fellow Cheshires who have been serving in war-torn Bosnia were also honoured for their gallantry . |
| 13 | Krabbe and her team mates Silke Moeller and Grit Breuer were originally banned for four years by the German Athletics Federation ( DLV ) in February for manipulating doping samples . |
| 14 | As Tracey and Morrison point out , however , CUTV were soon criticised for their negative stance and consequently metamorphosed from being merely a protest group into a campaigning organisation with more reformist goals . |
| 15 | In the remaining 12 minutes ( four by the grace of Norling ) Oxford were too spent for a second comeback , but Cambridge were no doubt relieved that their efficient rucking and slick passing established such dominance in the first half . |
| 16 | Both Mac and Morrissey were well known for slagging off the entire rock world outside their own small circles . |
| 17 | Calhaem and Jones were later jailed for life . |
| 18 | Plans drawn up by Mr. Gilbert Bullimore were soon unveiled for a new Science Block , to be built by the side of the tennis courts . |
| 19 | It was as if Marcus were actually waiting for him to effect some magical release or communication . |
| 20 | Somehow all these less exciting duties had had to take second place to the social events Aubrey and Madeleine were constantly arranging for his entertainment . |
| 21 | Strait , agent to the late Jayne Mansfield , said the gruesome last moments of Monroe were secretly recorded for the Mafia . |
| 22 | A strange code of double standards emerged where artists such as Sinéad O'Connor were universally slated for putting one foot out of line , and yet the Mondays were somehow immune from serious criticism . |
| 23 | In the Dreamflight tradition , the crew of the British Airways jumbo that took the group to America were specially chosen for their affinity with children . |
| 24 | Many leading Whigs were dead : Shaftesbury had fled to Holland at the end of 1682 , only to die in exile in January 1683 ; Sidney and Russell were both executed for their part in the Rye House Plot , whilst another conspirator , the Earl of Essex , killed himself in the Tower ( although some suspected he had been murdered ) . |