Example sentences of "been put [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages . |
| 2 | After a job which had taken up all of her energies , Elaine did n't realise how long she would need to do all the jobs she had been putting off for years . |
| 3 | The reader 's time and money would be better spent reading that classic novel you have been putting off for years . |
| 4 | The six whose names have been put forward for election have to be informed before election night , as they have to agree to take on this responsible job and they must be there on the night to take the oath before the close of the meeting . |
| 5 | This chapter will look at the different explanations that have been put forward for girls ' 'failure' in education , and at some of the research that has been done in this area . |
| 6 | The lease of Barrington Court in Somerset has been put up for sale by the Trust 's tenant , Mr. Andrew Lyle , along with his family 's surrounding freehold farmland . |
| 7 | Book Bargains Ltd , the chain of 10 specialist remainder shops , has been put up for sale by its founder and managing director , Philip Weatherburn . |
| 8 | Number 47 , Nelson Square has been put up for sale , and I understand that a buyer is interested in the property , subject to a structural survey . |
| 9 | The 77,000 acre Mar Lodge Estate , which contains remnants of the ancient Caledonian forest , had been put up for sale by its American owner , John Kluge , at an asking price of £10 million . |
| 10 | It 's been put up for sale by the Gloucester Health Authority , which would like to see it renovated . |
| 11 | At Thirsk a lamb with a broken leg had been put up for sale , and transit offences to cattle and sheep rose from no convictions in 1990 to 15 last year . |
| 12 | The Prudential Assurance-owned unit has attracted a rent of £8,000 a year for a 15-year lease and has subsequently been put up for sale . |
| 13 | SCOTT LITHGOW , the last major shipyard on the lower Clyde , has been put up for sale by its owners , Trafalgar House , the London-based property and engineering group . |
| 14 | Five pubs worth seven hundred thousand pounds have been put up for auction by one of the big breweries . |
| 15 | These new towns proposed all over the country have been called ‘ a solution in search of a problem ’ by the CPRE — in other words a solution to a non-existent problem , as enough land has already been put aside for people to be housed . |