Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Quite tense , like a discus — or poised for a sprint
4 But the European increases , although anticipated for a while , depressed stock markets .
5 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 .
6 Afterwards he 'd sworn he would prefer to see any child of his six foot under rather than taken for a nun .
7 25–9–1897 The Session had under consideration the subject of having a half yearly Communion and arranged for a service on 7th November .
8 Mrs Whitehouse was determined that something should be done , and arranged for a QC to visit the theatre and watch a performance .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 She knelt beside the young mulatto , and checked for a pulse .
12 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 .
13 The lord lieutenants have used their association to act like any trade union , and lobbied for a government grant .
14 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 . ’
15 He felt mercifully isolated and stopped for a while to lean back on the lower bank of fell .
16 She had seen to Mrs Goodwin by nine o'clock and stopped for a chat and a bit of buttering-up .
17 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 .
18 Suddenly he noticed how pale I was , and stopped for a moment to let me get my breath back .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 He nodded , reassured , and searched for a foothold .
27 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 .
28 Both Dalton and Alexander , the First Lord of the Admiralty , argued at meetings of the committee that Germany should be deprived of war-making industries , though not to the extent of the ‘ pastoralisation ’ proposed by Henry Morgenthau , the US Secretary of the Treasury , and accepted for a time by Churchill and Roosevelt at their meeting at Quebec in September 1944 .
29 They announced plans for its complete redevelopment and applied for a certificate of immunity of listing .
30 Leith only just managed to stop her jaw from dropping at the astuteness of the man when he continued , ‘ Having left Ardis and applied for a job here , you then made a conscious decision to dress down your looks and conceal your figure , though not because of any sexual hang-up ?
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