Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expansion in the number and size of towns had already brought increasing numbers of villages within the urban orbit , stimulating them into commercial production for urban needs . |
| 2 | WCS is also useful for testing micro-instruction sequences , before lacing them in read-only storage for permanent use . |
| 3 | ‘ Just keeping him in good condition for you , darling . ’ |
| 4 | Iran has , after all , infringed British sovereignty by forcing it into massive protection for one of its own citizens . |
| 5 | They make the organizational labyrinth less treacherous , make it easier to find the other team members , help groom the baton before passing it along , assist management by providing them with mature ideas for review and generally increase the odds of getting a hearing for ideas within the organization . |
| 6 | Though living with his father in Dearborn , near Detroit , Kalid visited his mother and grandfather in the Bekaa Valley several times a year , a family duty providing him with perfect cover for the job of courier in the DEA 's stepped-up programme of controlled heroin deliveries . |
| 7 | ‘ We have been plunging them into boiling water for years and it is ridiculous to say we are being cruel . |
| 8 | A Greek court sentenced Muhammad Rashid , a Palestinian , to 18 years in prison on Jan. 8 after convicting him of premeditated manslaughter for his role in the 1982 mid-air bombing of a US Pan-Am airliner over Hawaii in which one person died [ see pp. 36563 ; 36667 ] . |
| 9 | UP leaders immediately demanded the resignation of the Interior Minister Carlos Lemos Simmons , accusing him of ultimate responsibility for the crime and claiming that he had encouraged right-wing death squads to murder UP leaders . |
| 10 | They were driving into the city now , and she looked around her , seeing it with different eyes for the first time , seeing it as a garrulous old lady with so much to tell to anyone willing to listen . |
| 11 | ‘ I am using it in yarn-dyed form for things like Tencel/rayon chambray for jackets and dresses . |
| 12 | Hide the brackets by adding an edging of deep wallpaper border — backing it with stiff card for extra durability . |