Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disease is seen most frequently in breeding and rearing establishments where outdoor pens , such as are used for breeding pheasants , are in use . |
| 2 | After being pipped for places in Italia 90 and Euro 92 , they must be thinking ‘ third time lucky ’ . |
| 3 | In March this year , Bishop Peter Ball resigned after being cautioned for gross indecency and is now retired on a church pension . |
| 4 | A EURO information bus arrives at Chester Castle car park today after being based for two days in Ellesmere Port . |
| 5 | GILLES PETERSON , head of the Phonogram offshoot Talkin Loud , has been reinstated as director/DJ of London 's Jazz FM station , after being sacked for playing anti-war songs during the Gulf crisis . |
| 6 | MORE than 1,000 ex-servicewomen are to sue the Ministry of Defence after being sacked for getting pregnant . |
| 7 | Bob Redman and Peter Stanborough , both members of printing union the National Graphical Association , were to ask for reinstatement at an industrial tribunal in Reading this morning after being sacked for refusing to sign new contracts . |
| 8 | McGrath , returning after being forgiven for failing to turn up for the Irish trek to Albania two weeks ago , rewarded Jack Charlton 's faith in him with a goal and a swagger as though he had never been away . |
| 9 | Whether they will feel as enthusiastic after being deluged for three weeks with the results of the £30m-plus likely to be spent by the main parties is more questionable . |
| 10 | The emphasis on map and compass skills comes in the wake of a near disaster last August when a group of 14 children and their young leader were airlifted to safety after being lost for two days east of Dalwhinnie in the Highlands . |
| 11 | He could also expect record damages after being jailed for almost 10 months . |
| 12 | Michael Maddison is led away in handcuffs from the High Court yesterday after being jailed for life for bludgeoning two youths to death with a baseball bat |
| 13 | After being detained for over an hour and interrogated by the police captain , he is finally permitted to leave ( scene six ) . |
| 14 | How many disabled people , after being assessed for services under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1979 , are now on waiting lists for the help that they need ? |
| 15 | Now the furious businessman is to take his pork pies elsewhere after being chided for over-familiarity . |
| 16 | They were only caught after being stopped for a burglary they did n't commit . |
| 17 | Arizona is reintroducing thick-billed parrots , which became extinct in the state in 1918 after being hunted for their meat . |
| 18 | The last lay off ( remember after being selected for England ) shook him up a bit and he took time to get his confidence back , but again towards the end of the season was getting back to his best . |
| 19 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |
| 20 | He scored 109 as the West Indies reached 225–3 in their second innings after being dismissed for only 183 and following-on . |
| 21 | Set a massive 440 after being dismissed for a paltry 96 in their first innings , the champions showed their pedigree by reaching the target with four wickets to spare . |
| 22 | Newtown 2nds lost by five wickets at Acton Reynald 2nds after being dismissed for 98 , Gerald Wilkinson top scoring with 22 . |
| 23 | On the back seat … a fourteen-year-old boy from Milton Keynes , who just the day before had been given a supervision order after being convicted for burglary , armed robbery and car theft . |
| 24 | Three weeks ago another prisoner in Durham , with the same surname , was found hanged in his cell after being mistaken for the alleged killer . |
| 25 | A POLICEMAN who walked into a hen party in a pub had to fight to keep his clothes on after being mistaken for a stripper . |
| 26 | Peake will be on duty at Fratton Park after being cup-tied for the Rumbelows League Cup replay against Peterborough United . |
| 27 | After being rewarded for choosing A in the middle stage of training , the children were asked which of B and C they thought might bring reward . |
| 28 | ‘ That is not easy because we have only a few days together after being split for 10 months . |
| 29 | He was released from Guy 's Hospital yesterday afternoon after being treated for severe lacerations to his wrists and arms . |
| 30 | Last night the little boy , thought to be only 24 hours old , was out of danger after being treated for exposure . |