Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 The phrase " has with him " seems to exclude articles picked up for immediate use .
2 A startling 24 failed to meet standards laid down for public water supplies .
3 This paper summarises a survey of housing and support services carried out for Shelter in 1989 ( see Morris , 1990 ) .
4 They sat on a bench in the Flower Walk , the beautifully tended beds laid out for them and all the tulips listening attentively , and Maggie broke the rule of her lifetime and told Hermione about Fenna .
5 Susie , 41 , has suffered from multiple sclerosis for 20 years and knows from first-hand experience the difficulty in finding facilities geared up for those who actually gain most from regular exercise .
6 Though modern readers might wish to repay Mr Ruskin 's ‘ hard work ’ recorded in a 1854 entry , with hard labour , the practice of dismembering books went on for many centuries .
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