Example sentences of "were [vb pp] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His plans were thwarted for some time as no-one knew what had happened to the trophies . |
| 2 | There was also " … a considerable quantity of small ore which was got at the beginning of the work and can not be weighed until stamped or broken by an Engine and washed for which purpose they are going to erect one to go be water with all speed and were disstressed for some sycamore wood for the water wheel . " |
| 3 | Similarly other hard information is scant , for instance James Braid who laid out the ‘ links ’ as they were called for some time , is not mentioned until the sixth meeting on October 29th ; that is four months after the first nine holes were opened , and even then the reference is vague . |
| 4 | Although 95 mice were analysed for every marker and are shown in the segregation analysis ( see Figure 6a ) , up to 162 mice were typed for some markers . |
| 5 | The rights and wrongs of it were debated for some time and the feeling seemed to be that the TCCB had come out of it in a worse light than Gatting ; as the Melbourne newspaper The Age put it , ‘ Gatting , caught rumour , bowled hypocrisy , 0 ’ . |