Example sentences of "for [be] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The types we are aiming for are active and free-moving . ’ |
| 2 | Hunt was acquiring something of a bad reputation : both for being accident-prone and for being excessively forthright . |
| 3 | ‘ And , ’ she went on , ‘ I was compelled to end my engagement to Havvie when I discovered that he did not love me at all … merely wanted Papa 's dollars , and , worse , despised us , all of us , for being rich and vulgar Yankees . |
| 4 | He had long forgotten how he had despised the old man for being mean and ignorant . |
| 5 | Second , such support as there is , via the National Endowment for the Arts ( currently it is funded at $130m , which to the federal government is peanuts ) , is the more visible for being infinitesimal and therefore vulnerable . |
| 6 | It 's become a reflex for critics to castigate the readers for being partisan , for being sluggish and single-minded in their choices . |
| 7 | In recent years , the provisions of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 have come under increasing criticism for being unnecessary and out-moded for current technology . |
| 8 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 9 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 10 | Dame Agatha took Father Reynard by the sleeve and they walked away , the young sister apologising loudly for being late and asking if Father would give her the altar breads as she must return to the priory . |
| 11 | ‘ XYZ ’ is the perfect kiss-off to everyone who raved against Moose in 1991 with such blinkered zeal , to all the people who sneered at shoe-gazing — a ‘ scene ’ defined , uniquely , by those who hated all of the bands they ill-informedly lumped together — for being one-dimensional and destined for a quick death . |
| 12 | Gradually society 's standards become internalised and an individual becomes his or her own source of rewards and punishments ; for example congratulating him or herself for being polite and feeling guilty for being rude . |
| 13 | At home , the cows were managed by the women , who hand-milked them and ensured that they continued to yield plenty of good quality milk and were selected for being docile and good-tempered . |
| 14 | In all cases the ‘ boys ’ were given more freedom to explore whilst the ‘ girls ’ were kept close and scolded for being noisy and for ‘ tomboyish ’ behaviour ! |
| 15 | If I forgive you for being male and cruel and unreasonable , you must forgive me for being female and for carrying another man 's child and wanting you at the same time . |
| 16 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 17 | But I think I knew unconsciously that the supposed crime was twofold : I was being punished for being female and for having grown up . |
| 18 | If I forgive you for being male and cruel and unreasonable , you must forgive me for being female and for carrying another man 's child and wanting you at the same time . |
| 19 | I took him round to Cheapside and booked him for being drunk and disorderly . |
| 20 | He was chased and bitten by a police dog and then arrested for being drunk and disorderly after he became abusive . |
| 21 | Once , in about 1985 I think , for being drunk and disorderly . |
| 22 | Once when a policeman announced he was going to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly , Minton pointed to his helmet and expostulated , ‘ What ! |
| 23 | He enjoyed talking about art with Rodrigo and , respecting his resoluteness ( it was said of him that he was the only Sohoite to be arrested for being drunk and orderly ) , asked him to act , with Anthony Lousada , as his executor . |
| 24 | The fifty year old was arrested at Pittville Park in Cheltenham for being drunk and incapable . |
| 25 | A WANDERING busker with a record of 50 convictions for being drunk and disorderly was given a conditional discharge by Scarborough Magistrates yesterday after they heard he was a harmless nuisance . |
| 26 | But Mr Garvey said Brine , who has 50 previous convictions for being drunk and disorderly , was just a harmless nuisance . |
| 27 | Thomas Edmund Carr Stuart , 40 , of Bath Terrace , Seaham , was bound over by Darlington magistrates yesterday for being drunk and disorderly on a train from Kings Cross to Newcastle . |
| 28 | Darrell Clayton Henderson , of Malvern Crescent , Darlington , was fined £50 and ordered to pay £20 costs by town magistrates yesterday for being drunk and disorderly . |
| 29 | Thomas Edmund Carr Stuart , 40 , of Bath Terrace , Seaham , was bound over by Darlington magistrates yesterday for being drunk and disorderly on a train from Kings Cross to Newcastle . |
| 30 | ( Why is it that American Football , an infinitely more static , convoluted sport should draw such paeans of admiration from the same sportswriters who condemn rugby union matches for being dull and boring ? |