Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When at last he spoke , his voice was tight , fully realising that the respirators they were wearing were inadequate for most nerve gases . |
| 2 | Terry er sorry Roger if , if I were interviewing for posts , I would appoint , and you know full well I would , the people that I thought were best for that job . |
| 3 | While Self knew that the pressures were great , and respected the engineers ' need to retain control of technical aspects of contracts and tender assessments , he also knew that the engineers were deliberately fending him off and impeding the agreement on procedures which he felt was essential for Central Authority financial control . |
| 4 | To kill someone , all she did was fast for three days and concentrate her mind on destroying the life of her enemy . |
| 5 | The Moscow newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda suggested that one of the reasons why Pogosyan was resigning was that for several days he had been unable to secure an audience with Gorbachev to discuss developments in Armenia . |