Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] it be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ In future it will run on Thursdays and it 's designed for people who are a bit shy or who want to protect their anonymity . ’ |
2 | However , Indonesia in particular was reluctant to endorse the proposal and it was referred for further discussion at committee level . |
3 | Leeds also had the ball in the net with the last kick of the first half but it was disallowed for no apparent reason . |
4 | In 1707 , Gibraltar became besieged by the Spaniards and it was defended for three years by General Elliot , who became Lord Heathfield and who bought Heathfield House , facing Turnham Green , from Lord Egmont , in 1789 . |
5 | Er Mike said in his autobiography that when they got the play and converted it to film , they changed the age of the character for a start , cos in the play it was written in the late fifties by Bill and it was written for a man approaching his forties . |
6 | It 's a stunning dress but it 's meant for a woman with lots of clothes to ring the changes . |
7 | 19E was delicensed on 17 February , but instead of being put into store like the others , it was painted plain red and fitted with primitive snow brooms , which were no more than boards with bristles attached , fitted in place of the lifeguard gates and it was used for sweeping snow in the Croydon area until 31 March 1937 . |
8 | Its working past laid the foundations of a good beef breed and it was improved for that specific purpose during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , by selection rather than crossing ; it was said ( rather coldly ) to ‘ die well ’ , that is , to yield a lot of meat in the best cuts . |
9 | Its overall width is greater than the needs of the twentieth century but it was designed for moving herds of animals , not for the motor car . |