Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [noun prp] for " in BNC.

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1 I thought , well , they were trumpeting Ade for the gold medal .
2 The two legs of the intracommodity spread were to sell September for £60 500 , and buy March for £61650 .
3 Its ten pavilions were to serve Paris for over a century and to take their place in the city 's folklore .
4 ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time .
5 I 'm not quite sure whether you were commending Martin for being able to have two children in the same year
6 Oh were getting John for lunch on Sunday .
7 British footie fans were combing Europe for new styles a decade ago , says Peter Hooton ( above ) , who documented the rise of the humble sports shoe via his fanzine , The End
8 They were performing Luxembourg for the remainder of the week .
9 Helen felt as if she were hearing Nicola for the first time .
10 Many of the cast were discovering Dickens for the first time .
11 JS Journal editor and designer were visiting Torquay for the British Association of Industrial Editors [ BAIE ] Editing for Industry awards dinner .
12 By December 1965 the CIA was praising Wilson for his " great political acumen " and his courage and flexibility in the face of an extraordinarily difficult political and economic situation .
13 Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa .
14 I was meeting Jenny for lunch .
15 The only thing he could n't persuade Edith to do was to visit Boulogne for the day .
16 He had addressed such matters in Edinburgh , St Andrews , and would in Glasgow , with an awareness that he was reporting Scotland for an English audience as he might have reported Bavaria or Sweden .
17 If she had , she would have been sure to say so when she was blaming Joseph for the murder .
18 It sounded as if this woman was blaming Jennifer for falling ill , instead of her precious son for running out on the situation .
19 Although I was doing Shakespeare for A-level I had never seen any of his plays performed on stage .
20 It was while the doctor was asking Bobbie for details of her family that Juliet suddenly remembered her mother up on Hunter Ward .
21 The concept that Japan 's mission was to save Asia for the Asians , to reject the Western colonizers and influences and lead Asia to greatness was used to justify the idea of the Great East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere , developed out of prime Minister Konoe 's calls in November 1938 for a ‘ new order in East Asia ’ .
22 The aim of the present study was to analyse RFLPs for PGA and PGC , and to examine an association between peptic ulcer and the RFLPs .
23 Mamadou Coulibaly , a former Army Chief of Staff , was appointed Minister-Delegate for National Defence on Sept. 12 , 1989 , replacing Brig. -Gen .
24 Additionally Bruno Durieux ( Minister-Delegate for Health under former Prime Minister Edith Cresson until April 1992 ) was appointed Minister-Delegate for Foreign Trade .
25 André Billardon ( PS ) was appointed Minister-Delegate for Energy .
26 In March the formal concession was signed Eurotunnel for the construction of two 7.6m diameter running tunnels and a 4.8m diameter service tunnel between Britain and France , and the operation of shuttle train service for the carriage of road vehicles .
27 The bulk of this short book consists of transcriptions of letters sent by Giardini to Leone while the latter was scouring Italy for suitable singers .
28 But Sir John French , already disheartened by the news that the French Government was leaving Paris for new headquarters at Bordeaux , was thinking of retreat to the Channel ports .
29 On one occasion , Du Camp records , ‘ Flaubert was leaving Paris for Rouen when she entered the waiting-room of the station and went through such tragic scenes that the railway officials were obliged to interfere .
30 ft informed us that he was leaving Salamanca for England on his motor bike , via Cherbourg , and that we could expect him in Bath on a certain day .
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