Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anil Kumble took four of the seven wickets to fall today and England could only quibble with one of them — when Graeme Hick looked to have been wrongly given out for 47 , caught off bat-and-pad at short leg . |
| 2 | ‘ But transfer fees are so blown up for British players that managers are now forced to look abroad . |
| 3 | ARSENAL face a trial by TV at Liverpool tomorrow with keeper David Seaman insisting : ‘ We 're really fired up for this one . ’ |
| 4 | We 're too grown up for that … " |
| 5 | Occasionally linen , holland or cerecloth would have been specially bought in for this purpose rather than sacrificing a useful item of domestic furnishing in an age when linen of any appreciable width was a luxury and worthy of bequest ( 'There are 4 very fine smocks in your father 's little linen trunk and one of my four breadth Holland sheets for your own girl Peg … and I desire your father that he will not let any of my household linen be sold , but that it may go to you and your eldest son and I hope to his son too , only some of my broderies of my own making give to your sister . ' ) . |
| 6 | Apart from a general limitation relating to development which ‘ requires or involves the formation , laying out or material widening of a means of access to an existing highway which is a trunk or classified road or creates an obstruction to the view of persons using any highway by vehicular traffic at or near any bend , corner , junction or intersection so as to be likely to cause danger to such persons , particular conditions are also laid down for each of the different classes of development listed . |
| 7 | Now I 'm against that and I 'm therefore against I regret to say what the Noble Lord , Lord said , and I 'm extremely sorry to see that he has moved on this particular matter er because th there is no case , that has been really made out for this . |
| 8 | This can be broadly broken down for descriptive purposes as a program staff of 11 , and a support staff of 4 . |
| 9 | ‘ Guys like Stefan and Boris will be more pumped up for that than for a preparation tournament . ’ |
| 10 | She made sure that Duart and his heir would be magnificently turned out for this visit to a foreign clan . |
| 11 | Specific minority issues , such as racial harassment or the relationship between the blacks and the police , can be usefully singled out for successful in-bureau training . |
| 12 | There was always a long wait for an appointment , sometimes up to a month , and women were only kept in for 24 hours if it was a normal birth . |
| 13 | Where inmates were once locked up for 23 hours everyday a more liberal attitude now prevails . |
| 14 | These rabbits were probably fattened up for some special occasion . |
| 15 | Over 75% of respondents to the survey said that distribution and hotline services were good ( Tiptree and Penguin were consistently singled out for special praise ) , and that wholesalers were outstandingly efficient . |
| 16 | Talybont were then sent back for 109 , Wheeler hitting 33 not out and Simon Lloyd Williams 31 . |
| 17 | Cos he , he 's , he 's only stood about for first hour anyway . |
| 18 | COLIN WALSH , already the subject of one Trivial Pursuit question , is probably lined up for another . |
| 19 | A buffet style breakfast is also laid on for all our club Choice clients . |
| 20 | Parental care is often carried out for many weeks with no harm coming to the young , but you occasionally get a pair that are very prolific and , in their need to spawn they will often eat their previous brood . |
| 21 | This figure is then broken down for each of the UK countries . |
| 22 | The projected future population growth rate for Wales is then broken down for each county . |
| 23 | The land is then tied up for another generation . |
| 24 | Serafine sways with her hands , Xanthe follows , imitates gigglingly , but Miranda is too grown up for such playschool ways . |
| 25 | Haynes was eventually run out for 62 and left the field in tears thinking he had lost his team the match , but by then only three more were needed and Roberts was striking the ball well . |
| 26 | After US obstruction , a Committee of the Board of Governors of the IMF was eventually set up for this purpose late in 1972 . |
| 27 | Although stool collection in their study was only carried out for 24–48 hours , it was done at home . |
| 28 | India was largely cut off for long periods , and its under-developed arms and textile industries were required to supply substantial quantities of ammunition and tents to British forces in the Middle and Far East . |
| 29 | Helen ( 20 ) was yesterday locked up for seven days for what the judge described as a ‘ nasty campaign of noise and harassment ’ . |
| 30 | The former England midfielder underwent surgery to remove a blood clot on Monday and was promptly ruled out for ten days . |