Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of these woods have been abandoned or grubbed up for agricultural use . |
| 2 | The fact that , for various reasons , Crosland opposed suggested ‘ transbinary ’ mergers — including Lancaster and the University of Warwick , Brighton and the University of Sussex — strengthened the feeling that the new public sector was being protected or singled out for special development . |
| 3 | They do n't want to get stabbed … or sent away for six months . |
| 4 | Each school 's proposal is read by the DCSL , Divisional Librarian and the ACL:E&SS , and accepted or sent back for further refinement as required . |
| 5 | Calculate the over or under-absorbed overhead for each cost centre . |
| 6 | Class sizes are generally larger than PTRs , because not all teachers actually teach ( heads , for instance , spend most of their time on administrative work ) , because marking and preparation duties restrict direct contact hours with pupils , and because sometimes classes are combined or split up for various periods . |
| 7 | She has been discovered by the feminists , who have rescued her from being seen as a minor pastoralist ; but in certain cases , they have also subject her to psycho-symbolic sexual analysis which she would have loathed , or blamed her for not having cared more for sexual politics or stood out for lesbian sexuality . |
| 8 | But presently the crowd loosened into smaller groups and a good many people went off into the village or set off for outlying farms . |
| 9 | Maybe when he really got roughed up or stayed out for more than just a few days , Manuel would think about talking things over with the vet , but for now , well , ‘ what 's the hurry , man ? ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Good thinking , Princess , ’ he said , with an easy charm that made up for any lack of etiquette . |
| 11 | be quite a bit in that account because there was only one six that went through for this insurance and there has n't been a lot more going through this month . |
| 12 | And that went on for two or three weeks you know , and I said to the the station master at when he came across on his once a week visits he would come across . |
| 13 | Last week Daph kept up an argument with herself that went on for most of the day . |
| 14 | After pitching their tents , the travellers held a rave party that went on for 3 days and nights . |
| 15 | Do you think it would be a good idea if there were more women that went in for these areas ? |
| 16 | It was just the sort of match that cried out for some Cantona-like ambition . |
| 17 | Providing copious statistics for the numbers of bombers dispatched , those that reached their targets and those that did not for one reason or another , this book is a complete overview of a major aspect of the air war against mainland Germany . |
| 18 | That left 13 from the last ; Lamb struck a two and a four , and then Walsh sent down a dreadful ball that shot through for four leg-side wides . |
| 19 | If she went to the Dordogne she would be facing a life that had gone on without her , a life that had not for one minute taken her into consideration . |
| 20 | Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably for one reason or another . |
| 21 | He and Judith had married , and lived happily for five years , until , for reasons he still did n't understand , their joy had foundered , and the two had become one . |
| 22 | Then the king 's son took her home to his father 's palace , and they were married , and lived happily for many years . |
| 23 | This has probably something to do with the fact that I was born in Belfast and lived there for 18 years . |
| 24 | They went to Tanzania for 17 years following Orton 's sacking as a cabinet minister after a dispute with the President , and lived there for 17 years . |
| 25 | Sathasivam Krishna Kumar ( " Kittu " ) , 31 , regarded as the LTTE number two and a member of its central committee , who had first arrived in the United Kingdom in October 1989 and applied unsuccessfully for political asylum there in August 1990 after the breakdown of peace talks with the Sri Lankan government , was told in early August 1991 that he had to leave the UK by Aug. 7 or face deportation , for having abused his refugee status by collecting funds and trying to procure arms . |
| 26 | When the full meeting of commissioners also failed to agree " without the authority of their lords " , they made a truce until 5 November and reported back for further instructions . |
| 27 | Good location for local community and used extensively for other events/activities . |
| 28 | The generation of power from nuclear fission , generating intense radioactivity , has been developed and used commercially for several decades to meet part of the world demand for electrical energy . |
| 29 | Commodities which travelled in the opposite direction were salt , which came by sea from Cyprus , the Greek islands and Albania , and which was distributed by means of pack animals to Bosnia and Serbia ; and cereals brought in from the Aegean , Cyprus , Asia Minor and Sicily , and used mainly for local consumption . |
| 30 | Homes are now small , compact and designed principally for two adults and their children . |