Example sentences of "[coord] be [vb pp] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After all one of the things I have done , and been criticised for doing , is making many changes in style to see what works . |
| 2 | At up to £35 a kilo , they are now too expensive to eat and are bought for restocking rivers with edible eel in Europe and elsewhere . |
| 3 | Anaerobic digesters work on a similar principle and are used for creating gas from sewage and other wastes . |
| 4 | These markings are found on many of the cat family and are used for signalling their intentions and mood to others . |
| 5 | She had to work in that awful place and get nits and steal and be beaten for wetting the bed . |
| 6 | A.J. Wilson , the President of the National Deaf Club , and the first deaf person to drive a car back in 1896 , got another ‘ first ’ that was most unwelcome when he became the first deaf driver to fall foul of the road traffic laws and be fined for speeding . |
| 7 | He was barely eighteen , he was to go on a tour of the fabled cities of England ; he was to be thrown in with chorus girls , drink with vagabonds of the stage , have the money for floozies and low bars , time to read and time to talk and be praised for doing this stage work which was not work at all . |
| 8 | Now I 've done it — I 'll have a fight on my hands and we 'll get chucked out of the café and be arrested for Causing an Affray ! |
| 9 | Benedict returned to Rochester to find his Cathedral looted and being used for quartering troops . |
| 10 | After a good deal of broad mockery of the group 's thespian pretensions , there follows yet another change of tack as the troupe 's hitherto self-absorbed leader , Genesius ( Louis Hilyer ) , converts to Christianity and is martyred for denouncing the oppressive regime . |
| 11 | My 1972 SWB Series III is clad with 7,50 x 16 tyres and is used for getting to work and occasional horse box towing |
| 12 | The algorithm is implemented in the program yacorder and is used for positioning contigs which do not contain any mapped probes and so can not be positioned directly . |
| 13 | Tinta is made from the negra mole grape and is used for colouring and for sweetening . |
| 14 | The final weapon is the tongue , which is as rough as a rasp and is used for stripping hair and skin from the flesh , though the tiger eats plenty of both , probably as roughage . |
| 15 | It is the company 's second laser flash instrument and is used for measuring materials at temperatures up to 1100°C and can be upgraded for testing at temperatures between 1000 and 2000°C . |
| 16 | Delamotte was appointed to the chair of fine art at King 's College , London , in 1879 and is remembered for introducing women to the art lectures . |
| 17 | Seemingly always on the verge of promotion to the Cabinet he has a high profile at Westminster and is known for attracting a lot of publicity . |
| 18 | Some accounts claim that the Lamia was actually Lilith , Adam 's first wife , who refused to bear his children and was cursed for deserting him . |
| 19 | In 1969 he was fined £25 at Dunfermline Sheriff Court and was disqualified for driving for a year for failing to give police a blood or urine sample . |
| 20 | Robert 's father came from the Williams family of Herringstone , near Dorchester , and was disinherited for marrying beneath him . |
| 21 | As a student at Smoky Hill High School , Denver , Slater wore his hair spiked and purple , and was suspended for sporting a Sid Vicious T-shirt depicting a swastika . |
| 22 | But the scheme ran into difficulties in the beginning and was criticised for sending solicitors to police stations miles away from their area . |
| 23 | But the scheme ran into difficulties in the beginning and was criticised for sending solicitors to police stations miles away from their area . |
| 24 | The existing building dates from the 1740s when it became an oil mill for linseed In 1808 it was bought by the British Copper Company and was used for producing copper sheets In 1860 it was purchased by the East London Water Company and rebuilt as a pumping station . |
| 25 | This was the first commercially successful steam engine and was used for pumping water out of a mine . |
| 26 | Jones believed that the referee had been conned and was booked for telling him so . |
| 27 | Thomas More went on to become Lord Chancellor of England and was executed for opposing the marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn . |
| 28 | Vultures rarely kill their own food , but are known for tidying up after the kills of bigger mammal predators such as of lions . |
| 29 | That they should have the same number of seconds but be taxed for using them . |
| 30 | They became an overnight sensation but were arrested for performing illegally in 1984 , and Zhanna spent time in jail and in exile . |