Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [adv] for a " 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Assembly of the Republic ( the legislature ) , formerly the People 's Assembly , was to be elected similarly for a five-year term , and consists of a minimum of 200 and a maximum of 250 deputies . |
| 8 | For example a bilingual fieldworker acceptable to an Asian community in Britain would probably need to be selected carefully for a range of characteristics such as religion , geographical provenance , or political affiliation , all of which are associated with a distinctive ethnicity . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is very tough to be left out for a rookie like Steve Ojomoh . ’ |
| 12 | Unless you have married a man who is unusually attached to his mother ( which is another matter altogether ) , it will be unlikely to occur to your husband that he needs to do anything more to make his mother happy than to be a kind and dutiful son , who has given her sanctuary in his own home in her later years ; but if he is a man of feeling , it will not be difficult to persuade him of her need for his company : her need to be taken out for a run in the car with him alone sometimes , to be kissed when he kisses you when he gets home in the evening , and occasionally to be brought a bunch of flowers instead of you . |
| 13 | She was obviously impatient to be taken out for a spin even though there was hardly puff enough to stir her anemometer . |
| 14 | And you never say you 'd like to be taken out for a change , or ring him up when you want a bit of company ? ’ |
| 15 | During this time conditions were to be worked out for a monitoring scheme and new quota system , which was expected to allow renewed exploitation of certain stocks , notably of minke whales . |
| 16 | What a goose she was , she the loved and wanted one , to be afflicted even for a moment by any threat or doubt . |
| 17 | This is especially applicable for those that are not yet ready to drink and therefore need to be laid down for a year or more . |
| 18 | Could not something be done to obtain some repair jobs to hold those workers so that they will not have to be laid off for a considerable time ? |
| 19 | The site 's about to be developed by Tarmac Construction , but Thamesdown Media Arts wants part of it to be set aside for a museum , telling the story — the whole story — of those who worked there . |
| 20 | Ugly as Corryhully Lodge is , you would n't say no to being asked in for a cold beer as you passed , as long as no one you knew saw you go in . |