Example sentences of "put [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a lot of French-Canadian soldiers stationed in the area , together with British and Americans , and a weekly film show was put on for all-comers in the Methodist chapel on Saturday nights . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , a creditable show was put on for the public , which in true GWAD fashion , stood their ground despite what the elements threw at them . |
| 3 | Henrietta , tall for her age and spectacularly thin , stood by them in the bikini she had put on for the sunshine and the wand , hovering round the crowd , finally pointed at her . |
| 4 | She was still wearing the ugly straw that she had put on for morning church . |
| 5 | It seems self-evident that war , and the authority of the military and security men , have rendered most of us mere passive spectators because we are powerless to change the course of the story ; but also because in the end the war , like national public life , has been put on for our benefit . |
| 6 | On the patio , some Italian children were rehearsing their contribution to the show being put on for parents that evening . |
| 7 | that that green was n't put on for that competition . |
| 8 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 9 | The kettle was put on for tea , and cutlery was laid on the kitchen table , which was covered by a cloth . |
| 10 | Yes you 're actually e sitting outside the original house , as it was built cos we had a room put on for the the back here originally . |
| 11 | Aid on a similar scale is also being put together for Hungary . |
| 12 | The Mackie Memorial Library had been put together for just this purpose a hundred years before , and these were the very books being sold by Derbyshire library staff . |
| 13 | As a result of workshops at a Westminster conference ( described in Chapter 2 ) , wide-ranging recommendations for bureau development were put together for further assessment and implementation . |
| 14 | So , for example for our six activities above there would be a description put together for each activity in planning meetings . |
| 15 | These take the curriculum and re-present it in ‘ bite-sized pieces ’ , usually in courses of between 20 and 30 hours , which may be put together for an award like GCSE or which can be taken as free-standing units . |
| 16 | He dates this earlier layer to 1735–6 , perhaps put together for Bach 's recital at the Dresden Frauenkirche in December 1736 . |
| 17 | Plainly if only two numbers have been put together for the main number , added entry headings can be generated merely by reversing the component number ( e.g. main entry under 331.2:687.9 and added entry under 687.9:331.2 ) . |
| 18 | A crucial part of the change is a personal development plan which is being put together for every individual , so that they can grow their skills and knowledge gaining extra reward and externally recognised National Vocational Qualifications . |
| 19 | So Gloria 's put in for one of them new pre-fabs . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And I think , after all the hours I have put in for nothing teaching you to ride , that you owe it to me to do your level best to win this competition . |
| 21 | Mexico wants two : Brazil five : and Cuba and Argentina have put in for one each . |
| 22 | After the news of the secret negotiations between the government , Leyland Vehicles and GM broke in February 1986 , the government allowed alternative bids to be put in for the different parts of the firm . |
| 23 | The tank is large one — 56″ × 15″ × 36 ’ , but the Oscar has killed everything I have put in for company — even after going to great lengths to see if they 'll get on . |
| 24 | Diana seemed distressed , rushing around in a distracted way — oblivious , it seemed to me , of the work we had all put in for her brother 's wedding . |
| 25 | The efforts that Sony has put in for the NEWS outside Japan would give NEC a flying start in the US and Europe should it decide to enter the international workstation market . |
| 26 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 27 | Almost every word has been put in for a purpose and needs to be commented upon . |
| 28 | We 've put in for the club entry and we 're just waiting to hear , you know , if we 've been lucky or not . |
| 29 | I felt like saying , I 've got a bloody big pile of rubbish here that I have to go over so I 've put in for overtime . |
| 30 | I think he 's put in for a . |