Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing to do with me : in fact , I spent six hours fighting that decision in a totally futile meeting with Topaz and three top-level gorillas from Resource Deployment with cottonwool in their ears and Closed For Lunch signs on their brains . ’ |
| 2 | But no , as I watched , he turned a ball elegantly off his legs and called for a quick single . |
| 3 | A recent Protestant Church Synod , where speakers aired grievances and called for change , was a conspiracy ‘ to prepare the way for reunification ’ . |
| 4 | Mr Taylor , of Grantham , said Liam had gradually improved , and his voice choked with emotion as he described how the next afternoon his son had opened his eyes and reached for his teddy bear . |
| 5 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 6 | In Britain the foreign office acquired a news department almost at once ; later two improvised bodies staffed largely by journalists and created for particular purposes , the Neutral Press Committee and the War Propaganda Bureau , were set up . |
| 7 | While the Consumer Credit Act licensing system imposed a restraint on credit traders and provided for criminal and financial sanctions against unlicensed trading , the Association was concerned in 1985 at the minority of creditors who were either unaware of , or careless of the existence of , the licensing system . |
| 8 | Early one morning they tied their stripy woven bags of Tibetan salt on to the yaks and left for the south . |
| 9 | Thereafter , Leo 's relationship with his adopted country dipped to the point where he was charged with stealing a car , sentenced to six months and recommended for deportation . |
| 10 | Most of them have managed their own homes and catered for their families efficiently for many years , and even elderly men know a little more about cooking than their fathers did . |
| 11 | THIS can be cut into small festive shapes and used for Christmas tree decorations . |
| 12 | Newspapers were also cut into squares and used for toilet paper . |
| 13 | Oligos I and III were methylated , incubated with nuclear proteins and used for band-shifting experiments . |
| 14 | He stoutly resisted these demands and campaigned for the retention of the tramways . |
| 15 | There were heated exchanges inside the GNA on April 22 , and a number of opposition deputies submitted their resignations and called for the GNA 's dissolution . |
| 16 | The precipitate was divided into two 5 cm plates and left for 16h . |
| 17 | The drive to an industrialised Britain brought many people from the villages to the towns , and alerted the authorities to the widespread presence of mentally handicapped people who had previously been contained within farming communities and cared for by their families . |
| 18 | The protest focused on high rents and called for the resignation of township councillors . |
| 19 | She rose gracefully to her feet and made for the front door , with Melissa following . |
| 20 | Nutty looked at Nails and thought for one awful moment he was going to burst into tears . |
| 21 | DNA was isolated from the reaction mixtures and checked for its susceptibility to cleavage by restriction endonuclease Eco RII , which fails to cleave CC A / T GG sites methylated at the inner cytosine residue . |
| 22 | On July 1 , following two months of intensive negotiations , representatives of the Bush administration and congressional leaders reached a compromise agreement on an urban aid package which included the creation of enterprise zones and provided for total spending of $2,500 million over five years . |
| 23 | While she was working , Kalchu came up the ladder carrying a basket of jharo , the resinous wood that 's gouged from deep inside the trunks of the oldest , tallest pine trees , then cut into chips and burned for lighting . |
| 24 | The Benghazi force again split into three columns and left for the Jebel at intervals from 4 September . |
| 25 | The 10-year agreement eased restrictions on imports and called for greater co-operation . |
| 26 | My description of an amazing 18-light silver chandelier weighing over 2,500 ounces and made for the Duke of Abercorn in 1837 has , instead of a photograph of the Duke 's dining room at Baronscourt , where the chandelier had originally hung , one of the entrance hall . |
| 27 | Additionally , there would be various piles of books taken off the shelves and marked for action of one kind or another . |
| 28 | Flak jackets are available to our crews and issued for some operations . |
| 29 | When a single person has lived with a parent for most of their lives and cared for them devotedly , the effect of the bereavement is likely to be felt in many different ways . |
| 30 | Because they are highly-trained professionals , prompt action has saved many innocent lives and accounted for terrorist gunmen engaged in the act of indiscriminate killing . |