Example sentences of "for [pos pn] [noun sg] by [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Not only do her efforts to assert her freedom from male domination lead her into the hands of another man , but she is also punished for her resistance by having her words deemed valueless , just as today ‘ pseudo-escaperoutes will so lightly turn sado-escape , and … women 's very freedom will so easily be used against them by even moderately clever men ’ ( 12 ) .
2 These women were n't entirely defeated , and they were n't yet buried , their resistance could have been called to bear witness , but Orwell himself participated in the struggle for their exclusion by hiding their history .
3 If a husband has been ‘ spoilt ’ by his mother , he can make it very difficult for his wife by comparing them .
4 LG himself apparently drummed up support for his daughter by suggesting he would help her main rival , Ellis W. Roberts , a local barrister , find a seat elsewhere .
5 His father dismissed the notion that it was any necessity and called for his son by clearing his throat , like Henry Irving demanded a prompt .
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