Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is impossible to exaggerate the importance that the Danakil attached to this practice , rating as they did a man 's prowess by the number of his kills ; many raids were undertaken principally for this purpose . |
| 2 | Applications to both the United States and Canada were filled out for all the members of the family except the oldest child , Eva . |
| 3 | New Oxford Street and Victoria Street in central London were built partly for this purpose . |
| 4 | Their cinema was purer because they were often more fully in charge of their product than were other film-makers working on serious movies , because comedy encouraged a more direct relationship between technique and content , and because the films were made not for any sectional audience but for the mass audience itself . |
| 5 | The estimates from each department became more detailed and were spelt out for each of the future years . |
| 6 | He and his Ibiza neighbour , Keke Rosberg , were both fed up with the sport , and things were going badly for both of them . |
| 7 | Instead of offloading underperforming RISC machines on its customers — thousands of which were crying out for more power — it rushed to boost the power of its obsolete 16-bit processor by every tweak possible , and virtually gave the things away . |
| 8 | When he lectured at Harvard in this year , policemen had to control the crowds who came out to see him , and loudspeakers were set up for those who could not get into the auditorium . |
| 9 | Worst hit were the Devon seaside towns of Sidmouth and Exmouth , which were cut off for several hours on Wednesday . |
| 10 | The rats were bred specifically for this study and the parents of experimental animals were fed the appropriate diet for one month before mating . |
| 11 | Fifteen minutes were put aside for this activity and over twenty-five suggestions were recorded , although some were overlapping . |
| 12 | In some cases , organisationally distinct units were created especially for this purpose . |
| 13 | Some were sent especially for this purpose but they were also an important means of communication and often the back of the postcard is as interesting as the front . |
| 14 | As blood lipid concentrations change with age and sex , the values were analysed separately for each sex . |
| 15 | Responses to the single item ‘ factual ’ questions in the first part of the questionnaire were analysed firstly for all teachers combined . |
| 16 | They were to act as trainers for bomber gunners and were armoured accordingly for these manned targets were to be shot at — with frangible bullets ! |
| 17 | I was weeping bitterly for most of the time . |
| 18 | Even the mirror on the back wall was designed specifically for this room . |
| 19 | In 1991 the previous year 's ceiling of 23.65 million b/d was rolled over for another year , but no country quotas were set . |
| 20 | Three operations did not succeed in curing his glaucoma , and he had to give up his business in 1878 , although it was carried on for some years by his daughters , Eleanor , Elizabeth , and Catherine , as E. E. Dancer & Company . |
| 21 | Analysis of covariance for possible factors affecting mean hearing thresholds was carried out for each of the four different types of ear . |
| 22 | The original base mapping was carried out for most of Scotland between 1865 and the start of the First World War . |
| 23 | Wastell bought a house in Bury before 1490 and was living there for much of the remainder of his life . |
| 24 | The Metropolitan Police have said that Courtney offered his services — but he was turned down for any work . |
| 25 | Surely he could tell she was acting now for all she was worth ? |
| 26 | The first time we went , Marie wore her bra and knickers , but she was told off for that , so she bought this real nice swimming costume . |
| 27 | Volume was measured separately for each outstanding futures contract by the number of contracts traded during the day . |
| 28 | Glass was used exclusively for many years and the lenses were normally ground individually . |
| 29 | Vaccines were kept in a cold room in Abidjan , and limited supplies were kept at the clinic in a refrigerator that was used exclusively for this study . |
| 30 | Fine creases where the colour had flaked off the shoes were painted in with a rich reunite of permanent rose and white , whilst permanent rose was used alone for some minor details like the punchmarks on the orange strap loops and the stitching around the edges of the straps themselves . |