Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are reminded that the romance we seek is constructed for the outsider . |
| 2 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been excused for the moment . |
| 4 | We 've been waiting for the knight in shining armour and then there is n't one . |
| 5 | I 've been waiting for the battery to run down . |
| 6 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 7 | They 've been bought for the fact that all over the country there 's all these holes in the wall and people are putting up shelves , building furniture or whatever . |
| 8 | ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for the sale of the Adidas sporting goods company to Robert Louis-Dreyfus , the chief executive of Saatchi & Saatchi , and allied French investors , a French business paper reported yesterday . |
| 9 | ( The reformulations have been italicised for the purpose of the present discussion ) . |
| 10 | Contracts have been arranged for the supply from other parts of BAe to enable the new company to operate autonomously . |
| 11 | And over 3,400 gun owners have been prosecuted for the loss of firearms through negligence . |
| 12 | Various psychological tests have been devised for the purpose of diagnosing the presence or absence of logical ability but agreement on the relevant criteria has been difficult to reach . |
| 13 | Special air-drying techniques using extended room temperature hypotonic treatments , or shorter hypotonic treatments at higher temperatures , have been devised for the production of extended pachytene chromosomes which can be used for mapping of individual bivalents ( 10–13 ) . |
| 14 | Three more people have been prepared for the surgery , which involves implanting electrodes into the inner ear . |
| 15 | Forms have been prepared for the assessment process , and amendments to the Client Index to support needs assessment are about to be commissioned . |
| 16 | These guidelines have been prepared for the information and guidance of staff in centres preparing and offering the National Certificate in Travel , and should be read in conjunction with the module descriptors . |
| 17 | PREPED Approval listings have been prepared for the package which has been requested for approval . |
| 18 | Costs from more routine accidents build up , and it is these sorts of accidents which have been costed for the HSE study . |
| 19 | Some pits have been reprieved for the time being , but the closure programme may simply be delayed , the price of buying off political defeat being a £500 million subsidy over the next two years . |
| 20 | In addition , rates have been increased for the minority of our policyholders who live in the larger cities because of the soaring number of thefts there . |
| 21 | It is the second time the policemen have been sentenced for the murder of Nahaman , who died on 4 March 1990 as a result of beatings they inflicted . |
| 22 | As yet no firm offers have been received for the site |
| 23 | Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker . |
| 24 | Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars . |
| 25 | Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand . |
| 26 | Stable buildings at the rear of the Manor House have been converted for the display of reptiles , amphibians and fishes . |
| 27 | Two further reasons have been given for the establishment of government-owned newspapers or for the taking over of existing privately owned ones . |
| 28 | In Britain , cases have been argued for the existence of estates in the Fens and around Salisbury Plain and Cranborne Chase , while the inscription from the ‘ villa ’ at Combe Down near Bath provides irrefutable proof . |
| 29 | The duke presented certificates to the first 16 volunteers who have been trained for the scheme . |
| 30 | Stretches of road such as Mersea Road , Colchester , have been selected for the installation of the cameras which can record the registration number of speeding motorists and could lead to fines . |