Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ignatious Bonomi and David Roberts designed and built for John Marshall a mill for the preparation and spinning of flax . |
| 2 | If an exposure does occur , a blood sample should be obtained from the individual from whom exposure occurred and tested for hepatitis B surface antigen ( HBsAg ) and HIV antibody . |
| 3 | Apricot really stole a march on the competition last September with a couple of new PCs it described as optimized for workgroup operation . |
| 4 | The case for using a Central Authority as a transmitting agency rests on the argument that the familiarity of its officers with the system of the Convention and with the practice of other countries would ensure that requests which it prepared or approved for transmission were in order and so would be handled expeditiously and without any need to refer a request back for clarification . |
| 5 | Cameron slept instantly , and woke and dreamed and woke and dreamed for hours — the river , the cold shock of the water between his legs , the glimmer of light on the far shore , the current filling his mouth , he swam against it , it helped him , he struck out as smoothly as a seal , skimming effortlessly , he could power onwards forever , the water buoying him , his hand stroking it easily backwards without a splash … |
| 6 | and other pleasures — a Cornish pasty crimped and kept for weeks , |
| 7 | They were all still at Chapman street in April 1818 , when Benjamin junior was baptised at St George 's , after which Elizabeth upped and left for Shoreditch and the parish of St Leonard 's , where at least one of her brothers was then living . |
| 8 | You taught them so well , ’ she went on , ‘ you 've made the name O'Malley hated and feared for miles around . |
| 9 | Thus the letter to the shop manager should have instructed him that the goods should not be exposed or displayed or offered for sale without the label first being removed . |
| 10 | They are like heavy metal rock stars primped and primed for sex . |
| 11 | I am a young woman of 30 years , married with one loved and cared for child , whom I would never leave in such a situation . |
| 12 | Seb undressed and prepared for bed and had just blown out his candle when he heard a noise from the landing just outside his room . |
| 13 | ‘ Government ’ , Denys Finch Hatton wrote to his friend Kermit Roosevelt , ' … panicked and sent for Delamere who seems to have gone down there with a boy and a cook and settled the whole thing . ’ |
| 14 | The lad in the leather kicked , struggled and called for mercy . |
| 15 | The young man , no longer so neutral , his wig awry , gasped and coughed for air . |
| 16 | Only a month after Chapman 's arrival , Langley resigned and left for Sheffield where he took over a pub . |
| 17 | Who swashed and buckled for gain , |