Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transformations complete , all six readers were lined up for the final photograph . |
| 2 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 3 | Children were out playing in the schoolyards , shouting and enjoying the sunshine ; shops were closed up for the dinner hour . |
| 4 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 5 | Staff who helped care for American casualties were invited back for the occasion … along with a cavalcade of military vehicles from the second world war . |
| 6 | On 1st April 1989 , annual domestic rate bills were sent out for the last time . |
| 7 | In fact , 32 houses , 3 churches and 2 gardens were taken over for the building of the Clementinum or Jesuit College . |
| 8 | Other bits stayed where they were , making her look like something Special Effects was trying out for the next Dr Who series . |
| 9 | Northumbrian villages , though protected to some extent by castles and garrisons such as those at Carlisle , Naworth , Harbottle and Norham , tended to be built in a sort of miniature bailey around a large square green which could be gated when cattle were brought in for the night . |
| 10 | Eight cars were illuminated , including car 3 of 1885 ( see p. 37 ) , and the lights were kept on for the rest of the season to enhance the scene . |
| 11 | For some good reason no Hurricanes were available and orders were telephoned through for the Fulmars to get airborne and gain altitude over Hal Far . |
| 12 | Patients were flocking in for the new treatment . |
| 13 | Last year , 20 players were sent off for the use of elbows . |
| 14 | Both players were brought in for the last six weeks of the season as McHale began to look ahead to next season when the Seasiders hope to mount a serious promotion push . |
| 15 | The boundaries were drawn up for the Directive on a Commune by Commune basis with the vast majority of Communes being entirely allocated to one or other LFA zone . |
| 16 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 17 | Rules were laid down for the management of schools , and the provision of finance by local authorities . |
| 18 | With competition becoming intense the first set of Motor Racing rules were drawn up for the Paris-Amsterdam-Paris race of 1898 . |
| 19 | In later years some swings were put up for the school , but that was after my time . |
| 20 | A dynamic study of the posterior lung fields was carried out for the first 15 minutes after injecting the radiolabelled leucocytes . |
| 21 | Then there was a long break as the cameras were set up for the dramatic shot over Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder . |