Example sentences of "food [conj] [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to many local people , the police hold refugees without food or water for a few days , then turn them loose in the desert near the Somali or Ethiopian borders - too far for them to walk back . |
| 2 | Food and equipment for the celebrations was loaded onto barges and transported to its destination by river . |
| 3 | Not only did he immediately assume overall direction of the battle , organizing his forces and ever-increasing artillery power , but he at once ordered the reoccupation and rearming of the outlying forts , to each of which two weeks ' supply of food and water for every man was dispatched . |
| 4 | On Saturday 7 March 1719 ( English style ) the Spanish invasion force , consisting of 5000 men , plus some horses and with food and water for a month , sailed from Cadiz in 25 transports , escorted by only five weakly armed warships which would have been outnumbered and out-gunned if they had encountered either of the British squadrons . |
| 5 | Then they were divided into various groups and given unlimited normal rat food and water for the next seven days . |
| 6 | The story tells how the beggar was rejected by all except an old couple who gave him food and shelter for the night , and the punishment he wrought upon the villagers . |
| 7 | Jordan is facing immense difficulties trying to provide food and shelter for the evacuees . |
| 8 | The sort of help which siblings gave included loans and gifts of money ( these came especially from brothers and sisters who were unmarried ) , gifts of food and clothing for the children ( usually from married sisters ) and help in finding employment for the male breadwinner ( from brothers ) . |
| 9 | Then Nancie Swan and Janet Page painted a sign asking for things we might turn into food and aid for the world 's poor , very soon our well was over-flowing . |
| 10 | They were informed that the sums subscribed for the building were still inadequate and unless the subscriptions were paid in advance ‘ for the legitimate purposes of providing food and medicine for the patients … the object of the building would be totally defeated ’ . |
| 11 | Extra spending by carers on heating , food and laundry for the disabled person were particularly common : |
| 12 | Putting on weight as fat deposits — food and fuel for the long journey ahead — their entire bodies become covered with mucus in preparation for the miles of slithering travel . |