Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun pl] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The list of single words or phrases substituting for the sexual or scatological items listed above is considerably longer than the basic list ; e.g. " taking medicine " for having sexual intercourse , " pipe " for penis , " nest " , " eggs " and " purse " for scrotum and testicles , " fountain " for vagina . |
| 2 | As a result of these , ten percent of children go to special schools — e.g. The Petö Institute or schools catering for the blind , deaf or moderately mentally handicapped . |
| 3 | Requests for the metal are made in telexes in the names of banks or solicitors acting for the buyer . |
| 4 | Noah 's faith was persistent ; through the taunts of unbelievers as he worked ; through the rainstorm ; through the tragedy of knowing that men and women were dying in the flood ; through the long days and nights waiting for the next stage , as the waters went down . |
| 5 | In the nineteenth century , Italians and Alsatians heading for the New World arrived and departed via the great Paris terminals . |
| 6 | The third reason why we 're , we 're pleased to see you here is that erm as a trades council , we 've and this er and Dick mentioned this in his introduction , we 've initiated a major international programme , major in terms of our size obviously as er as a local body , involving links between union activists here primarily in France er , in northern France , but also links now developing in Spain with the new ferry going between Portsmouth and Bilbao , we 're starting to meet with the unions in Spain who are interested in speaking about the , the , the differences in wages in terms and conditions working for the same ferry company , doing the same jobs in the port , a comparative look at how the , the wages terms and conditions differ and we want to , we want to go and visit them in the autumn and , and work out , and work on more links on a sector basis , so that our colleagues down in Bilbao in northern Spain can link up with people in the , in the , in similar sectors here and we 've done this over the last three and a half years with the unions in France , we 've had exchanges of all sectors , the public sectors , transport , erm , health , social services , shop workers . |
| 7 | The next rounds saw two more replays at Leeds Road , against Brighton and Blackburn Rovers , with more mills and businesses closing for the afternoon . |
| 8 | At the end of September King Mswati ordered the closure of the University of Swaziland for one month after students returning for the new term boycotted classes in protest at a severe shortage of staff . |
| 9 | Des Koogan would have his work cut out to keep at bay all the reporters and photographers heading for the college , Loretta thought with the ghost of a smile . |
| 10 | Thulani Davis describes policemen setting dogs on black women and children campaigning for the right to buy a cup of coffee at the local Woolworths , and educated black men being asked to abandon French courses at university . |
| 11 | The only other argument that I have been able to find in support of tonight 's regulations is where the DSS states that the use of regulation 72 puts ’ an over-emphasis on the Department 's welfare role and overlooks the fact that persons acting for the claimant could have made inquiries on the claimant 's behalf . ’ |