Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All I did was come out for a walk before going to bed , and I was about by that place where the bank 's caved in , when somebody jumped me from behind . |
| 2 | PILOT error was blamed yesterday for a North Sea helicopter crash in which six men were killed . |
| 3 | But the full force of the poison was staved off for a while . |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry , yes , I was carried away for a moment there . |
| 5 | Observation was carried out for a total of nine weeks in the offices of four solicitors . |
| 6 | The research was carried out for a doctoral dissertation on the princely sum of £410 per annum ( this was the ‘ married woman 's ’ rate of postgraduate grant at the time , £120 lower than the full grant ) . |
| 7 | He was let out for a walk in the grounds of the medium-security Runwell hospital , near Wickford , Essex . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The cavern was illuminated fully for a second . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There are indications that the mill was turned over for a time for saw milling , and possibly even cider production . |
| 12 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
| 13 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
| 14 | After that , it too was turned in for a Qualcast with loppy handles and collapsible wheels . |
| 15 | Nylon yarn was made there for a time along with Cellophane packaging film , carpets and circular knitted fabrics . |
| 16 | John Hendrie burst through in the closing minutes , but his strong shot was pushed away for a corner by Bob Bolder . |
| 17 | For all its relevance and cleverness , you ca n't get around the fact that this book was written not for a generation but for a media eager to snap up fresh-tasting morsels . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Planting began in 1969 , but in 1981 , 15 years after the scheme had begun , the whole was sold off for a fraction of almost the billion dollars that had been invested in it . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | Monaru was bought in for a course record of 11,500 gns after winning the Carlsberg Selling Hurdle but Pipe had no complaints and said : ‘ People do n't have to run in sellers if they do n't want to . |
| 22 | Press restrictions were imposed ( but quickly lifted ) and the weekly current affairs magazine Caretas was closed down for a time , commentators thereby inferring that the chief target of the coup was APRA . |
| 23 | Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out . |
| 24 | I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave . |
| 25 | After Seve 's win at Lytham I was worn out for a week . |
| 26 | ‘ The first time , Michael went in and was dragged underwater for a bit . |
| 27 | One pauper was locked up for a short time and when let out he was very quiet and all of them have been so since . ’ |
| 28 | I would say that if a person is locked up from that time at night , there 's circumstances , their perhaps observation for their own safety , erm any body else that can be trusted at night sanitation are not locked in , they have the facilities to go to the toilet during the night , I mean this person that 's just said must of obviously been ob observation or was locked up for a reason . |
| 29 | The reason there is not a report is that Coun Terrans 's jump was called off for a day , perhaps because parchute jumps and mid-air collisions , even of a mock variety , are not a good match . |
| 30 | Thus the property was tied up for a generation . |