Example sentences of "and [vb pp] for the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old red brick police station was the site of the village lock-up until 1849 , when it was enlarged and used for the monthly petty sessions until 1899 . |
| 2 | Something similar has started appearing on British television , so if they have to be shown surely the details could be kept to a minimum and shown for the shortest possible time . |
| 3 | CONFERENCE delegates yesterday swept aside a warning from the party leadership and called for the next Labour government to take back into public ownership immediately land sold off by privatised water companies . |
| 4 | ‘ I certainly felt badly in need of a rest , having trained and played for the last two to three years virtually without a break . |
| 5 | But Labour ‘ won ’ on a minority vote and governed for the next five years . |
| 6 | The excavations , a joint venture between British and Italian authorities ( Provincia d'Isernia ) and directed for the last twelve years by the School 's director , Dr Richard Hodges , have shown that for a brief period in the early ninth century San Vincenzo was an exceptional place with far-flung connections . |