Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [is] [adv] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But darling , she 's only just eighteen , ’ Nora said to Louise , ‘ and she 's not trained for anything . |
2 | ‘ Natasha started dancing at three and she 's always longed for her lessons . |
3 | The justification seems to have got lost along the way , but the attitude has prevailed until recently — you could argue about precise dates , but Philip Larkin plumped for 1963 — and it 's not done for yet . |
4 | The local people call the clays salão , and it is traditionally used for covering walls and houses . |
5 | From the survey , it would seem that many bureaux which own the microfilm system find many uses for it within the bureau when it has not been taken out for an outreach advice session ; it is used for training purposes in order to demonstrate access to and use of information in CAB advice work and it is also used for giving talks to outside groups . |
6 | The arena here is in an exceptionally fine state of preservation , with nearly all the seats intact , and it is frequently used for modern performances . |
7 | This commodity is always in short supply and it is hard fought for , especially after a general election when an order of priority has to be set in the legislative programme for fulfilling manifesto and other pledges . |
8 | Later the college became a school , and it is now used for the embryo of a university for the island . |