Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ?
2 More than a hundred victims have now approached him for legal advice and doctors are still seeing new cases six weeks after chryptosporidium was first identified in the Farmoor reservoir .
3 Cecilia has done well — she is now on a polytechnic degree course — but nothing in her years in care prepared her for independent living .
4 I still have n't forgiven you for bloody book antics of a
5 Well and we 've used it for Well answer is yes but I 'm you know , it 's making sure you get the business .
6 Just over half of the teachers claiming to have seen the booklet said they had used it for in-service training in their school .
7 The paper owner , the local council , had bought it for eventual use as a road , but had no immediate use for it .
8 In 1914 he became a master at Eton College , where he remained during World War I , a heart murmur having disqualified him for military service .
9 He fixed his mind on a rule his father had given him for public speaking : Get a vague plan and then say anything that comes into your head .
10 Even so , striking on or soon after January 15th would help Mr Bush underline , for the benefit of critics at home and abroad , the clear legal authority the UN has given him for military action .
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