Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [vb pp] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob Roberts was picked up for distribution by a major only after it was successfully screened in Cannes . |
| 2 | Following the death of William Lewis in 1843 , both Port and Brimscombe Mill were put up for sale . |
| 3 | Synners ' midfielder Barney Malone was sent off for retaliation in the second half . |
| 4 | Fron piled up 232–4 as Gwilym Williams ( 56 ) and Steve Jones ( 37 not out ) weighed in with useful contributions , and then Pwllheli were shot out for total of just 66 as Chris Tilston took 5–13 . |
| 5 | for the Test , Richards and Edrich returned and , with various fast bowlers injured , Mike Selvey was called up for England . |
| 6 | Although the Nigeria debate was a relative success after a year of criticism , its significance was not lost on Law : it was held on the subject central to Unionist economic attitudes ; Law and Steel-Maitland were singled out for censure , a pointer to the level of party discontent Party feeling had built up much as Law 's own had done ; having fought off the direct attack , he took the party along with him in the effort to reconstruct the government on more businesslike lines . |
| 7 | At the Strasbourg meeting of signatories of the Berne wild life convention , Britain was singled out for criticism over the Canford Heath development . |
| 8 | Swindon were fired up for victory . |
| 9 | Shiny new BMWs were lined up for sale on the forecourt of what I took to be a condemned block of woefully austere flats , with a dilapidated factory next door . |
| 10 | The USA was singled out for criticism over " its unneighbourly actions against Cuba " and urged to lift its economic embargo . |
| 11 | Sedgley was sent on for Walsh in order to protect the two-goal lead , and Hendry was given a couple of minutes at the end so that Lineker could take a well-earned breather . |
| 12 | In an exhausting , exhilarating fortnight , they moved round the country triumphing gloriously at Cheshire , being demoralized at Cirencester , where they drew against a vastly inferior team , cockahoop at Kirtlington , and nearly coming unstuck at Windsor , where Perdita was sent off for swearing , so Rutshire had to play the last chukka with only three men , and only just won . |
| 13 | If the port of Murmansk is blocked up for weeks and mackerel arrives spoilt , is it wrong that the crew be given its bonus for so many fish caught , or that the dockers be paid for so many tons unloaded ? |
| 14 | John was called up for war service in 1946 , serving in the Royal Engineers . |
| 15 | Dr. Prior was called in for consultation and his advice was followed . |
| 16 | One of those mines in North Wales was singled out for praise by American consultants Boyds . |