Example sentences of "[vb pp] for a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Survivors thought their vehicles had been stopped for a security check ; the shock of what they 'd seen sent this young Palestinian into deep trauma . |
| 2 | Another worker has been sacked for a shoplifting offence in a local store . |
| 3 | And it can quickly produce a list of signs that need to be altered for a relief route or during a major road repair . |
| 4 | The lord lieutenants have used their association to act like any trade union , and lobbied for a government grant . |
| 5 | She has told the local Home Care Organiser about Mrs B and the Organiser has arranged for a Home Help for the old lady , and is now arranging for the Community Laundry Service to be provided . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I mean you , you ask him if he 'd erm arranged for a cement mixer and he said oh no he did n't want to bother , but I thought afterwards that 'll be each one of those holes , he |
| 8 | It is now established beyond doubt that special branch officers arranged for a prison officer to discuss escape plans with the two suspects who are still at large . |
| 9 | ‘ I have arranged for a picnic lunch . ’ |
| 10 | James was speaking at his home in Shepherds Bush , West London , as members of his family gathered for a celebration party . |
| 11 | All available statistics relating to population , employment , family household structure , and electoral patterns will be gathered for a sample series of municipalities and will then be analysed by computer . |
| 12 | Group liturgy can refer to two or three people gathered to pray , to a larger group gathered for a house mass — or a parish group ending up their meeting with an agape . |
| 13 | An emergency session of EC Foreign Ministers held in Oslo ( where most were gathered for a NATO meeting ) nevertheless ruled out any renegotiation of the Treaty while declaring that the " door remains open for the Danes to come back " . |
| 14 | EMPLOYEES of Courtaulds Fibres , Canada , gathered for a Christmas party in December , just weeks after the viscose rayon plant closed its doors for the last time . |
| 15 | What I would have given for a sesame bap . |
| 16 | In most cases a date will be given for a directions appointment and this will be endorsed on the copy applications for service on the respondents . |
| 17 | Paul A. Bilzerian , 38 , chairman of Singer Co. and a stock speculator , was on Sept. 27 , 1989 , fined $1,500,000 and sentenced to four years in prison — the longest prison sentence given for a Wall Street criminal . |
| 18 | Net earnings per share , adjusted for a 5% stock dividend paid in September 1992 , rose 40% to $0.21 . |
| 19 | Net earnings per share , adjusted for a 5% stock dividend last time paid in December 1992 , rose 16.7% to $0.14 in the quarter , 26.2% to $0.53 in the year . |
| 20 | Net earnings per share , adjusted for a 5% stock dividend paid in December 1992 , rose 25% to $0.15 . |
| 21 | On scrutinising the notes of the 80 patients not referred for a specialist opinion we concluded that a nephrological opinion might have helped management in 17 cases . |
| 22 | Although the evidence for these flights is little better than anecdotal , sufficient information is available in his published and private papers to make possible the construction of a reproduction of the latter machine , which was successfully flown for a television film in 1972 . |
| 23 | By the end of the sixteenth century it had been compounded for a cash payment from the counties and had thus become a straightforward tax . |
| 24 | More than 1,000 women have been recalled for a repeat smear test after it was revealed Practice Nurse Ina Gordon used a wooden spatula designed for holding down the tongue instead of special metal spatulas made for the vital tests . |
| 25 | Because the vast majority of fibres have been treated for a machine wash , shrinkage is minimal . |
| 26 | Stewart Hickman , 20 , of Gloucester Terrace , Haswell Plough , near Durham , was remanded in custody until Wednesday by Chester-le-Street magistrates yesterday charged with grievous bodily harm with intent , reckless driving and other motoring offences following an incident in which a policeman was treated for a neck injury and bruising after being hit by a car he was attempting to stop . |
| 27 | Comedian Les Dawson ( above ) is recovering at home after being discharged from hospital in Preston where he was being treated for a blood infection after a prostate operation . |
| 28 | David , 32 , who is still in hospital after being treated for a kidney infection , telephoned his wife yesterday to tell her he will be in hospital for at least another five days after developing an infection in his thigh . |
| 29 | Members of Convocation Standing Committee were invited to take part in the procession , and were later joined for a marquee lunch by Convocation representatives on Court . |
| 30 | ‘ Back in August , we would have been satisfied with a place in the top six , well placed for a title challenge in the New Year at this stage . |