Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Forest rights of the Crown should be sold to the landowners who owned the soil , or exchanged for an apportionment of land for enclosure and economic development . |
| 2 | If he allowed the headstall to be put on him , he was rewarded by being put out in the paddock , or brought in for his dinner , or taken for a ride . |
| 3 | They would like to be able to be caring within limits , and without the fear that they might get overwhelmed or taken for a ride . |
| 4 | Quite tense , like a discus — or poised for a sprint |
| 5 | But the European increases , although anticipated for a while , depressed stock markets . |
| 6 | Low ply ratings or lower speed ratings than specified for a vehicle may break the law eg 750 x 16 crossply tyres on a Range Rover . |
| 7 | Afterwards he 'd sworn he would prefer to see any child of his six foot under rather than taken for a nun . |
| 8 | 25–9–1897 The Session had under consideration the subject of having a half yearly Communion and arranged for a service on 7th November . |
| 9 | Mrs Whitehouse was determined that something should be done , and arranged for a QC to visit the theatre and watch a performance . |
| 10 | ACM Sir Denis Spotiswood supported this solution and arranged for a survey of R5868 to be carried-out to assess its general condition and the work that would be involved to bring it up to display condition . |
| 11 | Entertainment was in the capable hands of instrument mechanic Dennis Brown , who acted as compere and arranged for a guest appearance by Blackpool duo Rendezvous . |
| 12 | She knelt beside the young mulatto , and checked for a pulse . |
| 13 | When he least needed a vote of no confidence , Leighton was sensationally dropped from Manchester United 's 1990 Cup Final replay team and punished for a slump in form during a suspect season in front of a United defence that bordered on the arthritic . |
| 14 | ‘ The defence does not arise on a plea of autrefois convict , but on the well-established rule at common law , that where a person has been convicted and punished for an offence by a court of competent jurisdiction , transit in rem judicatam , that is , the conviction shall be a bar to all further proceedings for the same offence , and he shall not be punished again for the same matter ; otherwise there might be two different punishments for the same offence . |
| 15 | The lord lieutenants have used their association to act like any trade union , and lobbied for a government grant . |
| 16 | An anorexic may tell her friends or parents , ‘ I 'd like to be slim ’ , and , if pressed for a reason , may reply along the lines of , ‘ So that I can wear nice clothes , date good-looking boys , and generally have a good time . ’ |
| 17 | He felt mercifully isolated and stopped for a while to lean back on the lower bank of fell . |
| 18 | She had seen to Mrs Goodwin by nine o'clock and stopped for a chat and a bit of buttering-up . |
| 19 | We decided to halt the nonsense and stopped for a sandwich on a picturesque rocky outcrop that provided views east and west along the glen , and over to spectacular Knoydart . |
| 20 | Suddenly he noticed how pale I was , and stopped for a moment to let me get my breath back . |
| 21 | Then , just as if the world had frozen and stopped for a moment , she saw the woman in the driving seat , face white , eyes glassy with shock , the mouth stretched in a grimace which looked like terror . |
| 22 | Such writing is essentially public and intended for an audience . |
| 23 | Then Bunny , battling his way against the flow of the children , appeared in the hall and halted for a moment , the belt of his mackintosh undone , looking up at the windows of the rehearsal room . |
| 24 | He had looked at his wife 's unguarded face and forgotten for a moment that life was a deadly game in which you had to keep your cards close to your chest and your back to the wall , your eyes open and your nose clean in order not to end up in the gutter with your hat in your hand . |
| 25 | Halfway down the length of the tunnel a patten caught an advancing man under the chin so that his alarmed cry was cut off short as he was lifted and carried for a distance of several paces before he fell away . |
| 26 | Systems have alreeady been designed and installed for a variety of chilled products , including sandwiches , poulty and poultry products , prime cuts of meat , meat products , such as pies and pasties , pizzas and so on . |
| 27 | But in the end all three parties joined forces and voted for a budget of three hundred and sixteen million pounds … ten million over Governemnt spending limits . |
| 28 | Stratford , a royal diplomat , had been provided to Winchester in 1323 against the wishes of the king and paid a heavy penalty for it : his temporalities were seized and exploited for a year , and even after they were restored Stratford was placed under recognizances of £10,000 to the king ( £2000 down and the rest conditional upon his good conduct ) , £1000 to the Despensers , and 1000 marks to the chancellor , Robert Baldock , a clerk for whom Edward had intended the bishopric ; moreover , Stratford was summoned to answer in the King 's Bench for his conduct of a royal mission to the papacy . |
| 29 | He nodded , reassured , and searched for a foothold . |
| 30 | As she watched , a small car drove slowly past and made for a cottage at the far end and on the other side of the narrow track . |