Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHRIS BURTON , Featherstone 's former Great Britain forward , has been suspended for five matches by the Rugby League disciplinary committee after being sent off for a head tackle in Featherstone 's home championship defeat by Leeds last Sunday . |
| 2 | STEVE HAMPSON , the Wigan and Great Britain full-back , was suspended for 10 matches by the disciplinary committee yesterday after being sent off for a head tackle in Saturday 's Regal Trophy quarter-final with at Leeds . |
| 3 | The Leeds stand-off or loose forward , David Heron , has received the now customary eight-match ban after being sent off for a high tackle in the Regal Trophy quarter-final replay with Wigan . |
| 4 | MARK JONES , the 16-stone Welsh forward in trouble after being sent off for a punch in Hull 's fiery clash with Warrington , is in more hot water . |
| 5 | His clothes clung to his tall , slender frame , though they were slightly mussed after being slept in for a week . |
| 6 | If McHale reverts to a 4–2–4 system Thompson will push on the right flank with Mark Ash recalled to right-back after being left out for the last three games . |
| 7 | More than two negative reasons for accepting a job can take a heavy toll on your resources of enthusiasm , particularly if you had the added disappointment of being turned down for the post you 'd really hoped for at the time . |
| 8 | The examination committee records in London show that the majority of students were examined after nine or 18 months ' instruction , and even then they stood a chance of being referred back for a further period of study . |
| 9 | She remembered also , the hand of one of the drowning men , rising up out of the torrent and clutching , clutching at empty air before being dragged under for the last time . |
| 10 | The possibility of an increase in Japanese interest rates was raised , but seemed to be ruled out for the present by the Finance Minister , Ryutaro Hashimoto , in a statement made after his return to Tokyo . |
| 11 | But there was no defence to be made out for the people she 'd met today . |
| 12 | I shall have to be looking out for a second hand bike-y just for the occasional trip into town without getting Stuey out of bed so I be a bit more independent than just bothering you all time , if I just wan na pop anywhere . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're a bastard and thief and deserve to be locked up for the rest of your life ’ |
| 14 | One outraged victim Gail York , 23 , yelled : ‘ You 're a bastard and a thief and deserve to be locked up for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 15 | We have to ensure that people who deserve to be locked up for the public good are locked up . |
| 16 | let's face it , you know , deserve to be locked up for the rest of their natural lives . |
| 17 | I was supposed to be saving up for a car , but I 'm still too young to take my driving test , so I bought her instead — with the first payment of the advance for this book ! |
| 18 | For a whiff the strong white birds floated proudly there , diving , clearing the weed , and waddling over to the house when my father summoned them , for food and to be shut up for the night . |
| 19 | The latest speakers to be firmed up for the conference are David Pascall , chairman of the National Curriculum Council , who will speak at the general assembly session on The New Generation — A Strategy for Reading , and Simon Lang of the Henley Centre for Forecasting , who will be a speaker at the general assembly on The Future of the Book . |
| 20 | Clarke was the luckiest player on earth not to be sent off for the clearest professional foul imaginable on Strachan after 69 minutes . |
| 21 | ‘ Unfortunately , something came up — a trouble-shooting mission that required Adam 's special diplomatic talents — I 'm afraid he 's going to be tied up for the major part of the weekend . |
| 22 | And put together , all the legal paperwork that had to be filled out for the approval was 31 metres long . |
| 23 | For the boys in the band , it was becoming like they were frozen fish fingers , waiting to be thawed out for the next meal , because I was off doing a mini series or whatever . |
| 24 | Hanson is said to be gearing up for a further full-scale foray into our industrial base . |
| 25 | Last season a referee allowed himself to be wired up for a League match at The Den to record some of the things he had to put up with from players . |
| 26 | A lower setting gives slight orbital movement for harder materials , while the third setting allows the orbital action to be switched off for a straight reciprocating movement for filing or rasping , or fine cutting in hard materials . |
| 27 | After the news of the secret negotiations between the government , Leyland Vehicles and GM broke in February 1986 , the government allowed alternative bids to be put in for the different parts of the firm . |
| 28 | The Army and Navy have moved significantly down the path towards contracting out and have very few contracts left to be put out for the first time . |
| 29 | The unpredictability of death can easily lead to embarrassment for the firm , not least because of the fundamental obligation of the personal representatives of a deceased partner to realise the assets comprised in his estate at an early date : and one of these assets will be the deceased 's share in the surplus assets of the firm or ( where the agreement so provides ) the right to be paid out for the value of that share . |
| 30 | Whether directly or indirectly through a broker , documents submitted to the Stock Exchange for reading need to be marked up for the relevant references from the Yellow and Blue Books . |