Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The suppliers lost count of the ancient oaks , not to mention the chestnut and cherry trees , cut down to provide panelling for the two grand offices reserved for the couple , but also for hundreds of function rooms and apparatchiks ' offices . |
| 2 | By the 1940s , retirement had been written in to state support for the elderly and , as such , became part of a new institutionalized dependence . |
| 3 | The houses remained until the early 1950s when they were knocked down to make way for the new church . |
| 4 | The church was closed for repair and restoration during the years 1887–8–9 , when the old ruinous south chapel was pulled down to make room for the present commodious aisles , the reason for this being the increase in population due to industrialisation in the village . |
| 5 | In May 1890 , the minutes state that ‘ the old Saloon Shed having been pulled down to make room for the new Paint Shop , a shed is required for the three shunt engines ’ . |
| 6 | The first five items here had to be held over to make space for the 1990 Social List in the March issue … |
| 7 | The cells of our skin are constantly dying and being replaced , the old ones have to be sloughed off to make space for the new . |
| 8 | Slid neatly back to make room for the empty folder are the two full ones I am also working on , labelled in the small neat letters characteristic of this grey pen and these two pink hands . |
| 9 | The senior officer , an inspector , realizing that Myeloski was an important personage because Myeloski told him so , immediately set about arranging transport for the two visitors as well as booking accommodation in one of the local hotels . |