Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] [noun] for [pos pn] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was given £2 for his troubles . |
| 4 | In 1920 he was appointed CBE for his direction of war material production at Doncaster works . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A political career was now inevitable and in the July 1886 general election he was elected MP for his native county of Merioneth . |
| 7 | He was paid £1,600 for his part in producing a football video nasty and it has cost him a record £20,000 fine . |