Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This wrist model I tried was designed for air diving and programmed with the Bühlmann ZHL12 algorithm with automatic ranging from 3,500 metres above sea level to 100 metres depth . |
2 | people who 'd been expelled for cannabis , |
3 | She 'd been longing for peace and quiet so that she could get on with her carving , and , now that she had it , was standing here like a loon ! |
4 | The method adopted was to canvass for capital donations that could then be invested to bring in a regular income , and both Balfour and Law were used to raise the wind . |
5 | The names of those who died are recorded for posterity on a framed scroll on the wall at the back at the church . |
6 | ‘ A lot of the things I did were done for shock value . |
7 | I mean , I do n't know I , you see I left I had to come here so I left before Bob Monkhouse and everything , I just , I , all I did was go for couple of free drinks and plate of free food , which , I do n't think I got . |
8 | It was enough for the Church that a corpse had been presented for burial . |
9 | ( A Challen piano had been presented for use in the church in 1976 . ) |
10 | One ‘ character ’ , Sharon , the schoolgirl who loves ( among other things ) the Brontes , had been written for Sugar and Spite and she did n't depend on rhyme for her humour and seemed less steam-radio-Stanley-Holloway-meets-Flanders-and-Swann-meets-Joyce-Grenfell-old-fashioned . |
11 | Only 6 billion had been exchanged for som . |
12 | After permission had been obtained for access to medical records , the OPCS provided details of all admissions to this hospital with various liver diseases ( diagnoses listed int Table I ) for the three years from 1 January 1987 ( the most recent dates available ) . |
13 | This third draft of the Treaty , the most radical so far in devolving powers to the republics ( " states " ) , had been sent for discussion to the USSR Supreme Soviet and the Supreme Soviets of the republics at the end of June 1991 . |
14 | She frequently attacked her attendants and discharged herself from institutions where she had been sent for treatment . |
15 | Bruce 's forces were defeated first in Methven wood by the English , and then beside Loch Tay by Comyn 's uncle , the Lord of Lorn The king 's sister and the Countess of Buchan who had crowned him were dragged out of sanctuary where they had been sent for safety , and exhibited in cages hanging from castle walls at Roxburgh and Berwick . |
16 | The large group of sculpture , including sandstone figures and bronzes , had been sent for sale from America . |
17 | Once again advantage was being taken of the false building block principle which had been discovered for sulphanilamide ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
18 | Women 's Aid and the Domestic Violence Working Group — a body composed of those encountering the results of domestic violence — had been calling for clarification in the law since the decision . |
19 | When Clementis had been hung for treason |
20 | The Parish population , always minimal , had sunk to nil after the last two men had been hung for sheep-stealing . |
21 | There was no comfort either in Mr Ben Ali 's speech for the other opposition parties which , after their poor results in the elections , had been looking for government help . |
22 | His best guess was that the reference was to Nerys , that his unconscious mind had been looking for comfort in the prospect that Wayne would at least be with his mother , in which case he decided that there was probably some hope for his mental state after all . |
23 | By the time the Scandinavian countries invited Britain back to Stockholm for the 1982 Conference on Acidification , the sums had been done for exchange of acid pollution between Europe 's nations , showing Britain to be the biggest producer and exporter of sulphur pollution in Western Europe . |
24 | For their part it was unnecessary as they only drank what had been boiled for tea or coffee , whereas I often drank water on its own or with fruit cordial . ) |
25 | The cultivator had been displayed for sale outside the front of the house , but was put in the back garden for safe-keeping on Friday night . |
26 | Of the seven who were dead , two had been referred for consideration of liver transplantation . |
27 | Yesterday , Coun Davies said she understood that bids had been invited for exploration of the coastal region which included Aberconwy . |
28 | But by 1983 sales had been arranged for part of Britoil , Associated British Ports , Amersham International , shares in BP , and the NEB 's shareholdings ( Table 8.2 ) . |
29 | Broken glass and dishes were all over the floor mixed with what had been served for dinner — steak , corn and potatoes . |
30 | TUBE passenger Jonathan Zito was stabbed to death in front of his brother just after they had been reunited for Christmas . |