Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [adv] for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Files are used in plumbing principally for getting rid of burs on the ends of cut pipes and for making the pipe ends square . |
| 2 | She tells Karen that Victor is being excluded from school indefinitely for bullying and for kicking Joan . |
| 3 | LANDLORDS were taken to task today for running ‘ dirty , grubby and unfriendly ’ pubs . |
| 4 | A PLUMBER was jailed for life yesterday for killing two sisters in a firebomb attack . |
| 5 | Twenty-eight ambulance control officers in the London area were suspended without pay yesterday for refusing to cover for colleagues taking industrial action . |