Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breasts sliced off — ’ he held out a glistening spoonful ; Kitty blenched — ‘ for refusing to submit to the lustful wishes of one Quintian . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend the Member for Leyton made a passionate case for getting rid of the 20 per cent . |
| 3 | It is the most important medium for getting known by the general public and affecting the attitude of employers but the theatre is still the best place for learning your trade . |
| 4 | WHEN THE originators of the Dart Valley Light Railway plc formed it in 1965 they always intended that it should be a commercially operated line rather than a ‘ preserved ’ railway , for having looked at the then contemporary scene they felt that there were enough preservationists at work already and that their nice for survival in an essentially holiday area should be revenue-earning profitability . |
| 5 | The charity was criticised , however , for failing to refer to the attached accounts on the ‘ financial picture ’ page . |
| 6 | Mansell was penalised for failing to stop during the Portuguese Grand Prix and he threatened to quit if FISA , the sport 's governing body , did not remove the ban . |
| 7 | Blandford was sent to Pentonville on Tuesday for failing to comply with the High Court order to pay the arrears . |
| 8 | The regarders , like the verderers , were frequently amerced at Forest Eyres for failure to carry out their duties to the satisfaction of the judges — for failing to appear with the other regarders to make the regard , or to take the regarders ' oath , or to present their rolls of the regard on the first day of the Forest Eyre , or for losing their rolls , or for incompleteness in their returns . |
| 9 | A big reason for over-leveraging lay in the very nature of this buy-out boom . |