Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [v-ing] [pron] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It sounds a little elaborate as an excuse for getting yourself laid , ’ she said half-jokingly . |
| 2 | We could be accused of listening to foreign propaganda even if we were not , and now that we were on the suspected list this could have been a good excuse for having us arrested again . |
| 3 | But we used to put the oats to the mill and the and the corn for getting it bruised for feeding the horse and the cattle . |
| 4 | Please could you let me know if the old mill chimney in the grounds of one of the houses there is a listed building and if it is not what is the correct procedure for having it listed . |
| 5 | Deep inside our ears is the mechanism for keeping us balanced . |
| 6 | Matilda was still ranting and raving against the absent Earl for getting himself captured . |