Example sentences of "[pron] be [vb pp] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Pat Connolly was led away to incarceration and I was offered treatment for my facial injuries and an operation on my flattened nose . |
2 | The percentage who were considered saints for their complete rejection of worldly influence and a piety which often combined active charity with mystical prayer , increased dramatically . |
3 | Few things are more infuriating for a woman who is denied comfort for her own tears than to see her partner being sympathetically and sensually attracted to a strange woman who is grieving . |
4 | THE latest winner in CCG 's New Sales Leads campaign is Simon Tebbit , CCG area manager , who was awarded £250 for his initiative in suggesting a presentation to the Penguin Group in Kensington . |
5 | ‘ But I always watch chimps alone and it 's spoilt Gombe for me . ’ |
6 | And it 's written 100% for you : the professional developer . |
7 | He 's won awards for his skill , now he 's putting that to the test and hopefully earn a bit of cash at the same time . |
8 | He 's bought waders for him and the boy both , and shotguns , and they do n't retail for seventy-five cents in souvenir shops . |
9 | He was given £2 for his troubles . |
10 | In 1920 he was appointed CBE for his direction of war material production at Doncaster works . |
11 | He was appointed OBE for his services during World War I when he acted as intermediary between the government and the distillers for the supply of alcohol for munition purposes . |
12 | A political career was now inevitable and in the July 1886 general election he was elected MP for his native county of Merioneth . |
13 | He was paid £1,600 for his part in producing a football video nasty and it has cost him a record £20,000 fine . |