Sentence examples for was warned for from inspiring English sources

— This struggling small city on the outskirts of Mobile was warned for years that if it did nothing, its pension fund would run out of money by 2009.

Pérez was warned for a low blow in the sixth and Crolla landed a combination shortly afterwards, though Pérez's counterpunches continued to be dangerous.

The pendulum swung one way and the other, Becker taking the first set, before Leconte took the next two, as the angry German lost his cool and was warned for verbally abusing a line judge.

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko said he was warned for not playing hard by the chair umpire in his loss to Marian Cilic at the St . PetersburgOpen yesterday in Russia.

Beaten early in the past two years in SW19, there were nerves, something that was clear for everyone to hear when she was warned for swearing in the sixth game.

After another game of what Border described as "bounce the Aussie" against a Lancashire attack including Wasim Akram and Patrick Patterson, Waugh made an unbeaten 152 in the first innings at Lord's, Merv Hughes was warned for intimidatory bowling and an Australian side went two up after two Tests in England for the first time since Donald Bradman's side in 1948.

Wallace had been warned for a flop against the Knicks on Nov. 26.

Mrs Zia has already been warned for having complained about it.

He fired back briefly but was in full retreat after being warned for holding.

Blair had been warned, for example, that invasion would set off "internal strife" inside Iraq.

Players are warned for the first flop – as determined by the commissioner's office — and fined for every violation thereafter.