Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of these woods have been abandoned or grubbed up for agricultural use . |
| 2 | The fact that , for various reasons , Crosland opposed suggested ‘ transbinary ’ mergers — including Lancaster and the University of Warwick , Brighton and the University of Sussex — strengthened the feeling that the new public sector was being protected or singled out for special development . |
| 3 | She has been discovered by the feminists , who have rescued her from being seen as a minor pastoralist ; but in certain cases , they have also subject her to psycho-symbolic sexual analysis which she would have loathed , or blamed her for not having cared more for sexual politics or stood out for lesbian sexuality . |
| 4 | Sathasivam Krishna Kumar ( " Kittu " ) , 31 , regarded as the LTTE number two and a member of its central committee , who had first arrived in the United Kingdom in October 1989 and applied unsuccessfully for political asylum there in August 1990 after the breakdown of peace talks with the Sri Lankan government , was told in early August 1991 that he had to leave the UK by Aug. 7 or face deportation , for having abused his refugee status by collecting funds and trying to procure arms . |
| 5 | Commodities which travelled in the opposite direction were salt , which came by sea from Cyprus , the Greek islands and Albania , and which was distributed by means of pack animals to Bosnia and Serbia ; and cereals brought in from the Aegean , Cyprus , Asia Minor and Sicily , and used mainly for local consumption . |
| 6 | Kaysen has pointed out that : ‘ [ d ] ecisions as to the technical areas which will be systematically explored by research and development divisions and decisions as to what scientific and technical novelties will be translated into new products and processes and tried out for economic viability have very deep effects . |
| 7 | Robert was a replacement in the Currie Cup final and came on for young Johan Roux in the second half . |
| 8 | If the returns fell it increased labour output ; if they rose it felt no need to do so and opted instead for increased leisure . |
| 9 | He sucked in lungfuls of the cool fresh air and looked around for human habitation . |
| 10 | Whether hand-written or e-mail typed , these records are informal , frequently out of context or mixed in with other subjects and meant purely for internal consumption . |
| 11 | It would , of course , be rather unnatural if weaknesses within the school were n't quietly noted and stored away for future reference . |
| 12 | I write as someone who 's always been able to take or leave Harrison Birtwistle 's music : the oeuvre as a whole arouses my respect , and impresses by its fiercely-defined character and self-consistency , but only a limited number of pieces ( among them The Triumph of Time , The fields of Sorrow , Melancolia I , Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum ) have spoken to me strongly and cried out for repeated listening . |
| 13 | Is it not time the hon. Gentleman did the job he is paid for and stood up for British sport ? |
| 14 | The girl shut her eyes and gripped back for dear life . |
| 15 | Mungo felt like saying : ‘ Well , Emily 's not much better , ’ but opted instead for peaceful co-existence . |