Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was to remain there for a further six years . |
| 2 | PILOT error was blamed yesterday for a North Sea helicopter crash in which six men were killed . |
| 3 | But er this hundred and twenty pound radio was knocking away for a five quid in the end er I er I heard . |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry , yes , I was carried away for a moment there . |
| 5 | After a preliminary strategic session in London , fields were divided into four cognate groups and each was visited separately for a day on the basis of a volume of field proposals and a critical review . |
| 6 | The cavern was illuminated fully for a second . |
| 7 | It seems as though , when the need was felt again for a monument to adorn the last resting place of the rich and great , it was met by monumentalising the only existing art , that of painted pottery . |
| 8 | She knew perfectly well that he was not very interested in paintings and that he was looking only for a secluded place where he could kiss her . |
| 9 | Nylon yarn was made there for a time along with Cellophane packaging film , carpets and circular knitted fabrics . |
| 10 | He said that the PLO was pushing hard for a role for Arafat in Monday 's ceremony and that President Clinton believed that it was up to the PLO to choose its delegation . |
| 11 | John Hendrie burst through in the closing minutes , but his strong shot was pushed away for a corner by Bob Bolder . |
| 12 | The woman said she had , and in the filing cabinet behind , but that she was searching specifically for a pair of scissors . |
| 13 | Perhaps it is seeking to increase the audience , or perhaps it was lead astray for a while by the fact that , during the Conservative leadership contest , the exciting politics at Westminster were not in the Chamber . |
| 14 | CONCERN was growing today for a 13-year-old schoolgirl who has been missing from her home in Limerick for six days . |
| 15 | Three years ago , it would have easily surpassed its $50–80,000 estimate but there was not a bid in the room , and it was sold afterward for a paltry $25,000 ( £17,850 ) . |
| 16 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 17 | He had left Marler in the bar , saying he was going upstairs for a shower . |
| 18 | So that was going alright for a while . |
| 19 | Next Sunday she was going home for a special birthday tea they were arranging for her . |
| 20 | When d'Argenlieu dispatched himself hastily to Paris a few days after the French elections and before the Haiphong incident , it was to lobby intensively for a policy of firmness ; and his tactic , says Devillers , was simple : to create fear . |
| 21 | ‘ The first time , Michael went in and was dragged underwater for a bit . |
| 22 | It was exchanged later for a black Old English sheepdog owned by some relatives of ours at Piercebridge . |
| 23 | Young Philip was employed there for a time before going abroad , taking over during his father 's trips into the country where some landowners Sought his practical advice , particularly with regard to establishing plantations of hitherto unknown trees from abroad . |
| 24 | For Miss Green , Lee 's appointment was perceived as an explicit threat simply because in the previous year , renewal of the Cassell Trust 's grant had not been easily secured and had been made on the understanding that the 1930 renewal was to extend only for a further and final two years . |
| 25 | The reason is believed to be a property that was known previously for a two-dimensional system : if small regions are rendered nonconducting then , providing there is a path connecting conducting parts , the Hall resistance is scarcely affected . |
| 26 | An addition to Rotterdam 's World Trade Center was built in 1986–87 and one part of it was set aside for a V.I.P. entertainment suite . |
| 27 | The 1990–91 figure of £50,000 under Continuing Education was set aside for a pupillage sinking fund . |
| 28 | There was a tricky thing called the seminally defiled state , and you had to make sure that when your old lady left the house she was doing so for a specific purpose , but on the whole even Marwan was pretty laissez-faire about a girl and a boy talking about subjects of mutual interest . |
| 29 | In the event of Sir Cyril being unable to attend , he was asked instead for a short message for the association 's newsletter , ‘ Tummy ’ . |
| 30 | DARLINGTON Council was criticised yesterday for a continuing vermin problem in Hundens Lane . |