Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( A newly restored B-17 fuselage , which was waiting to be mated to its wings for painting b |
| 2 | Last year she had come to his school for the first time , and every eye had turned to gape at her long red hair and golden earrings as she swept into the assembly-hall wearing one of her special dresses . |
| 3 | ‘ My Aunt Belle was confined to her bed for many years , ’ Finch said , blowing his nose in his health . |
| 4 | As it was , she went down so badly with flu that she had to be confined to her room for the duration . |
| 5 | When the party was over , all but the very young , who had to be confined to their cages for the night , would find their way back into the forest . |
| 6 | We pray for those who are confined to their homes for long periods . |
| 7 | Most prisoners are confined to their cells for long periods of time . |
| 8 | Then I thought it might be an in-body experience — that my soul was to be confined to my body for some sinister theological reason. , |
| 9 | He says that the pain is so great that it brings tears to his eyes , makes him grumpy , and means he 's sometimes confined to his armchair for days on end . |
| 10 | On one occasion when Tolkien tore a ligament playing squash , and was told that he would be confined to his bed for ten weeks , Lewis went to see him — but , as Warnie recorded , he ‘ found Madame [ i.e. Tolkien 's wife ] there , so could not have much conversation with him ’ . |
| 11 | In the days before M and B , there was no 48-hour wonder cure ; the general would be confined to his bed for at least five or six days . |
| 12 | The proportion of points permitted to your army for monsters is for monsters without riders . |
| 13 | The family has been offered £6 worth of vouchers by the company , but say they wo n't be happy until their son has been compensated to their satisfaction for his suffering . |
| 14 | Now that Poland has decided to wage war upon the Russian Bolsheviks , she has turned to our Government for assistance . |
| 15 | A child may appear before a hearing for reasons other than offences ; and he will have a disposal tailored to his needs for care rather than to the seriousness of the offence ; and a child may not only be put under a supervision requirement for reasons other than an offence , but he may remain under such a requirement for a period of years for reasons completely unconnected with breaches of the criminal law . |
| 16 | If you are charged with , or convicted of , an offence you must report this immediately to your manager , whether or not the incident is related to your work for the ES . |
| 17 | They look like overgrown kids strapped to their chairs for a penance . |
| 18 | The Scottish bus passengers consultative committee proposed in new clause 5 would consider the needs of the disabled if representations were made to it Provisions for the disabled should also be contained in the code of conduct that we have asked to be drawn up . |
| 19 | He was educated at Dulwich College and was taught Greek there by A. C. Pearson [ q.v. ] who in 1921 was preferred to his pupil for the regius chair at Cambridge . |
| 20 | She must have talked to your mother for some time , she must have let something slip . ’ |
| 21 | BREWIN Dolphin , one of Britain 's oldest and largest private client stockbrokers , is being sold to its management for £6m by Scandinavian Bank , which bought the business in 1987 . |
| 22 | It was sold to its management for £300,000 last year . |
| 23 | Edwards ' racism towards Indians is inexcusable , but he is tied to his feelings for his abducted niece . |
| 24 | It was the first time that Ethel had been summoned to her form-mistress for any reason other than praise . |
| 25 | Once the President had retired to his quarters for the short flight , the DDI opened the envelope he 'd been handed when he arrived at the airport . |
| 26 | In general , safety and environmental benefits are sought in the living areas and through traffic is deflected on to those roads better suited to its needs for speed and high capacity . |
| 27 | In the course of a day hundreds of packages , grips and suitcases were consigned to his office for safe-keeping , and hundreds more withdrawn . |
| 28 | ‘ It has been known to our people for centuries . |
| 29 | An early contestant for the role of heir apparent , Aleke Banda , a minister in the 1960s , was restricted to his village for several years before being partially rehabilitated only to fall in disgrace again in the mid 1980s . |
| 30 | He thought it unlikely she would be influenced by the disappointment he had dealt to her plan for a play about the Wall . |