Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was destined for great things — Oxford or Cambridge , a string of letters after my name , a successful academic career , and would no doubt end up being the first woman Prime Minister . |
| 2 | I was kidnapped for ten days . |
| 3 | I was elected for two years running onto the NUS Lesbian and Gay Committee and served for one year on the London Students ' Organization executive committee . |
| 4 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
| 5 | ‘ I was kept for this job . ’ |
| 6 | If I was charged for all that I get , I know it would cost too much for me to pay . |
| 7 | I was pinched for dangerous driving last month , in a radar trap . |
| 8 | ‘ I was devastated for four months after finishing second to Woosnam last year , but now I realise the value of that defeat . |
| 9 | I was criticised for this at times , but still think I was right to do so as it was in line with association policy . |
| 10 | She was treated for 1 month with valproate 2 g daily ( 40 mg/kg ) , then nausea , vomiting , and abdominal pain occurred . |
| 11 | Joanna was kept in hospital for 10 weeks , during which time she was tested for all kinds of illnesses . |
| 12 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 13 | She was jailed for six months yesterday after a judge told her she had caused chaos and fear to boost her restaurant 's profits . |
| 14 | She was sent for psychiatric treatment in March after a court martial found her guilty of the manslaughter of riding instructress Marika Sparfeld at the military base in August last year . |
| 15 | She was elected for Labour , but is now voting with the Tory majority . |
| 16 | It was more peaceful now she was gone for good , but miserable . |
| 17 | The prototype of the new Fast Afloat Boat 3 ( see pa 90 of this issue ) carried out her first service on 29 May while returning from Salcombe to Weymouth , where she was based for some days for familiarisation trials . |
| 18 | She had a curious feeling that greater good fortune would yet be hers , that she was destined for high places . |
| 19 | She was prepared for mild stomach upsets , sunburn and the occasional blister . |
| 20 | She was prepared for hurt . |
| 21 | She was held for forty five minutes and at times , she says , she feared for her life . |
| 22 | Instead she was confined for twenty hours a day on a ward for the criminally insane , most of them doped and many of them bruised from the warders ' heavy handling . |
| 23 | Of course in doing so , her rear became out of line , so she was cussed for that too . |
| 24 | One bitch we bred , Champion Jagen Blue Trigo , did the original job she was bred for many years . |
| 25 | She was driven for 20 minutes to the Eastern docks , Dover . |
| 26 | NAZLI TOP : A 23-year-old nurse and midwife , she was tortured for four days at the Anti-Terror Branch of Istanbul Police Headquarters while three months ' pregnant . |
| 27 | For entering churches in Bristol ‘ to bear testimony against their formalities ’ , she was imprisoned for three months in 1654 . |
| 28 | When she was taken for further interrogation the following day , it was with mixed feelings of anticipation and dread . |
| 29 | If she was hanged for that , so much for man 's legal institutions ! ’ |
| 30 | The thing is , she was arrested for ten years for going to North Korea without government permission . |