Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] [vb pp] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ maid ’ in the villa in which I am lodged for the purposes of research ( she is a statuesquely beautiful and highly intelligent woman who is called ‘ maid ’ , rather in the way the South Africans call elderly black servants ‘ boy ’ ) suffered the horror of seeing both her parents shot by the Germans whilst the aristocrats from the local castle entertained the S.S. officers to black market dinners of wild boar and chocolate sauce . |
| 2 | For humans , as we have discussed in Chapter 1 , the body has been ‘ waking us up ’ since about 5 o'clock in the morning so that , by the time we normally wake , we are prepared for the rigours of a new day ; in the evening our body begins to ‘ tone us down ’ to prepare us for getting to sleep . |
| 3 | It seems that this perception is a common one amongst black kids , whether they are headed for a sports career or not . |
| 4 | The centre responds to requests for productions from groups in and around Bangalore with the understanding that they are used for the purposes of education and social development and that they reflect the principles of Christian communication . |
| 5 | And as for the ensuing year , and that they be paid for the services , a sum to be determined by the N C V O Executive Committee . |