Example sentences of "which be [verb] [to-vb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1897 the Royal Navy conducted a punitive expedition against Benin ( in what is now Nigeria ) and brought back to Britain a large number of bronze castings which were sold to pay for the raid . |
| 2 | They will keep this addition , which is intended to compensate for the VAT they can not reclaim . |
| 3 | The project to encourage the otter is being backed by the National Rivers Authority , which is helping to pay for the artificial holt : |
| 4 | He fought back the word ‘ sorry ’ , which was threatening to erupt for the third time . |
| 5 | Shell manufacture in Blundell Street car shed during the First World War : 200,000 shells were produced here , largely by female labour , yielding a profit to the Town of £16,000 , which was used to pay for the erection of the Cenotaph war memorial on Princess Parade . |