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

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1 Somehow she doubted that preparing meals for the child and the husband featured very high on the agenda .
2 Clarkson and Wilberforce , partly because they lived for so long , frequently sent off autographs with motto attached and Clarkson received and met requests for locks of his thinning hair .
3 Evidence from the results of parallel tests with questions differing only in the numbers used showed that test results for individuals can be variable and so produce misclassifications of mastery .
4 He fetched and carried things for Ma when she was nursing her , and never grumbled the way he 'd done when George was sucking .
5 Yakovlev observed that state publications for 1922 from Gosizdat and Krasnaia Nov' included nothing on agricultural and rural affairs .
6 An evaluation of the source established the accuracy of the information it contained and formulated definitions for the various terms employed .
7 In this case , it would be hard to find language indicating more clearly that Mr Clayton intended the land to be preserved and managed as playing fields for all time , or at least for as long as the law permitted .
8 And , finally , it seems likely that the government accepted that mixed schools for adolescents created opportunities for improper romantic and sexual activity .
9 So he wrote and signed chits for local lads , stating they were unfit to travel and thereby extending their weekends .
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