Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [verb] for [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some poor animal , some poor travesty that has been imprisoned for its own safety and the safety of others . |
| 2 | As university funding has come to hinge on publication , this has been encouraged for its own sake . |
| 3 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 4 | It is diverted to the alien nest where it drops into the cuckoo 's mouth the food that had been destined for its own young . |
| 5 | But we know children can be at risk from even well-qualified professionals appointed to care for them ( not least in children 's homes to which they have been sent for their own welfare and safety ) , or from parents not burdened by a ‘ learning difficulty ’ label ( witness the recent ‘ home alone ’ cases here and in the United States ) . |