Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poland was condemned because it was not a proper nation-state , but it was condemned for its efforts to become one . |
| 2 | It was condemned for its ‘ two-dimensional characters ’ ( Mayne 1961:316 ) , lack of ‘ moral passion ’ ( Bergonzi 1961:297 ) , lack of profundity ( Price 1961:332 ) , ‘ misanthropic spleen ’ , and smugness ( Hope 1961:1486 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I can not say that it was withdrawn for its political content . ’ |
| 4 | The Nobel committee said it was given for their work towards a peaceful ending of apartheid and for laying the foundation for a democratic South Africa . |
| 5 | The little tern 's numbers have been threatened since Victorian times when it was hunted for its snow-white plumage . |
| 6 | Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten . |
| 7 | Its wool was not as fine as that of Merinos from Spain , or the southern hemisphere , but it was noted for its hardiness and foraging ability . |
| 8 | In the early years of the twentieth century it was noted for its hardiness and the bullocks ' ability to feed to heavy weights , while the cows won many Royal Show prizes for butterfat yields , though the quantity of milk was low . |
| 9 | It was noted for its lively horse and cattle fairs . |
| 10 | As well as printing bibles , it was noted for its support of culture and scholarship north of the border , with publications including the first Gaelic translation of the New Testament , MacPherson 's Ossian , and Jamieson 's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language . |
| 11 | Introduced in the Sixties , it was noted for its strong alloy shaft and the fact that it was safer to don a truss before swinging it too energetically . |
| 12 | It was needed for his marriage to Sharon Richardson , 22 . |
| 13 | It was striking for its insistence on the role of the Holy Spirit , but equally remarkable for its firmly identifying the Roman Catholic Church with the body of Christ . |
| 14 | The fact that it was used for his or another 's use could be established by questions and answers between the police and the defendant . |
| 15 | It was meant for his own depressed troops , but stand the statement on its head and the words offer huge encouragement to Spurs . |
| 16 | It was paying for my Communications course . ’ |
| 17 | When Oxford railway station was refurbished three years ago , it was criticised for its lack of disabled facilities . |
| 18 | When Oxford railway station was refurbished three years ago , it was criticised for its lack of disabled facilities . |