Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [vb pp] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Ribeira Brava used to be like a Wild West or oasis town where buses and cars stopped for the occupants to take advantage of coffee , drinks and food and to fill their vehicle with petrol before venturing into the ‘ Beyond ’ or the ‘ Outback ’ .
2 There were dry gingers and tonics prepared for the whiskies and gins which everyone hoped would drown the star 's sorrows .
3 Christopher Baker explains the development of a recent commissioned painting of a view of London , and gives us an insight into the materials and techniques used for the studies and final work
4 Far and wide over the common-grazing 's green undulations the encampments spread , colourful tents and pavilions erected for the lords , chiefs and great ones , banners fluttering in the October breeze , cooking-fires smoking , horse-lines being watered , smiths busy shoeing and beating out iron for spear and axe heads , troops and squadrons practising formation riding , infantry deploying to form squares , hedgehogs and wheelings-in-line , trumpets and horns sounding , captains shouting commands — and half the citizenry and dogs of Edinburgh out to watch and add to the din .
5 How much money has been received by way of those orders from the seventh directive of the European Community 's shipbuilding intervention fund , and how much of that money will be used to purchase from United Kingdom manufacturers the goods and services required for the vessels ?
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