Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [pers pn] be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we got home I was thrashed for making my mother ‘ look a fool ’ . |
| 2 | A POLICEWOMAN claimed yesterday she was ignored for promotion after complaining about sexual harassment by male officers . |
| 3 | And it is just as horrifying an idea to contemplate being walled into such a Paradise Garden as being condemned to spend eternity playing games with balloons which never burst , receiving presents from Santa without wondering how they were paid for , being organised into teams with leaders chosen arbitrarily from among us , or eating a permanent celestial buffet of ice cream and salmon sandwiches . |
| 4 | They are set out in detail and we have indicated how they are paid for . |
| 5 | UN aid officials said yesterday they were prepared for a battle of wills with rebel Serbs in an attempt to get trucks loaded with emergency supplies through to starving Muslims in eastern Bosnia . |