Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resochin was not pursued at that time , but both compounds were duly registered for purposes of patenting . |
| 2 | As time passed , Elena too became the subject of such gestures of endorsement from the West which were duly recorded for the benefit of Romanians , lest they forget by just how an extraordinary couple they were ruled . |
| 3 | Beginning with the precedent setting Operation Spanner trial ( in which 16 gay men were successfully prosecuted for indulging in consensual S&M ) , the authorities are targeting S&M and ‘ sexual deviance ’ , even seizing rubberwear . |
| 4 | In all , three hostages — Weir , Lawrence Jenco and David Jacobsen — were successfully traded for arms . |
| 5 | And they were eventually rewarded for their endeavour and spirit with a cracking goal . |
| 6 | The Millbank paper-mill and its equipment were eventually offered for sale by auction in October 1804 , thereby ending the possibility of England challenging the European paper industry by using more easily available materials for making paper . |
| 7 | Strait , agent to the late Jayne Mansfield , said the gruesome last moments of Monroe were secretly recorded for the Mafia . |
| 8 | rabbits were rigorously protected for hundreds of years and soon spread far and wide to become the most familiar wild animal of the British mainland . |
| 9 | ( Cash more and Troyna , the editors of the volume in which Rex 's paper appeared , were widely criticized for their own collapse into a cultural essentialism which accused ‘ black youth ’ of being ‘ arrogant , rumbustious and contemptuous ’ and having ‘ a certain fascination for violence ’ ( 1982 , pp. 18 , 33 ) . ) |
| 10 | Traditionally the largest man-made hole in England , it is the result of the running together of a number of small quarries Cornish slates were widely employed for roofing in the county by the fourteenth century and indeed by 1314 they were certainly in use on buildings in Winchester , Hampshire . |
| 11 | The prospect of a radical overhaul of US banking legislation was confirmed on Feb. 5 when the US Treasury announced proposals including the abolition of two laws dating from the 1930s which were widely blamed for the fragmented character of US banking . |
| 12 | Colonialism had much the same impact on the traditional political systems with which it came into contact , especially those which were hierarchically organized for the purpose of a feudal mode of production . |
| 13 | Regional spice monopolies were bitterly fought for , claimed and lost again by Portuguese , Spanish , Dutch , French and English adventurers , who spilled as much of the locals ' blood as each other 's in the process . |
| 14 | Okay Linfield and Bangor are probably two of the best teams in Irish football but the point I 'm making is that Carrick 's team deficiencies were blatantly exposed for all to see . |
| 15 | Another thing : not enough men would be in the middle waiting for crosses when they came and like I said before the crosses were mostly aiming for heads — or for Deano 's head . |
| 16 | In the RAF eggs were mostly reserved for the air crew 's after-ops breakfasts and this we fully understood . |
| 17 | Some features included in the Once-Over design were remarkably advanced for a tractor manufactured before 1920 . |
| 18 | In Scotland at that time hundreds of Covenanters were brutally martyred for their faith in Christ . |
| 19 | During his conversations with Marcus , when they did take place , Ludens had the impression that Marcus was pursuing a consecutive line of thought , sections of which were randomly surfacing for Ludens 's benefit , or even for Marcus 's benefit , at moments when Marcus felt it might clarify his ideas to verbalise them aloud , and even to listen to a response . |
| 20 | Pontypool were constantly penalised for their indiscretions , especially in the scrums , and despite the return after 10 weeks of Dean Oswald , their Kiwi No 8 , they were unable to win any worthwhile possession . |
| 21 | Landlords not only were assessed on their directly occupied land but were constantly calling for relief for tenants , for whom increasing poor rates were setting a ceiling for rents . |
| 22 | Room maids told us guests were asking for lighter duvets , and suggested we improve signs as guests were constantly asking for directions . |
| 23 | Somehow all these less exciting duties had had to take second place to the social events Aubrey and Madeleine were constantly arranging for his entertainment . |
| 24 | They were highly valued for their experience of picketing and organizing processions . |
| 25 | Civil servants employed at Fort George and Ebrington Barracks were warmly congratulated for defying the IRA by reporting for duty . |
| 26 | The people who displayed the various crafts were warmly thanked for their displays . |
| 27 | The people who displayed the various crafts were warmly thanked for their displays . |
| 28 | They were much prized for cutting as well as for bedding , and by 1917 they were listing the immaculate white ‘ Purity ’ , to be sown for flowering in pots at Easter . |
| 29 | ‘ We are , in fact , ’ continued her husband , who took no offence at her interruptions , indeed , in these foreign circumstances , counted on them as if his sentences were much improved for being broken into , ‘ building a property here — ‘ |
| 30 | ‘ People were literally running for their lives but I was rooted to the spot . ’ |