Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ As long as nothing offensive is being said during Eircell mobile phone conversations , we have no power to stop anybody using them for any purpose , however peculiar . ’ |
| 32 | Once again there are different ways in which such data are used , but all share the object of analysing the data anew , using them for different purposes than originally intended . |
| 33 | The leaflet accused the Moslem of kidnapping children and using them for ritual purposes . |
| 34 | Women on the continent have been using them for years and they 're gradually becoming available in this country . |
| 35 | Please return them as soon as possible , rather than using them for storage . |
| 36 | Some exercises they perform sitting on chairs or using them for support , but floor exercises have been out of the question . |
| 37 | You 're only , I think you 're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I 've been using them for about three years . |
| 38 | What are you using them for ? |
| 39 | ‘ That bloody bird has been annoying me for days . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ They grudgingly agreed , but they are not producing them for general sale . |
| 41 | The seller has no difficulty in producing them for the buyer in any quantity provided he has sufficient notice to schedule production , and purchase needed materials and components . |
| 42 | I had the uncanny feeling that the ghost of Sigmund Freud was chiding me for thinking this and she was clearly incensed that I could suggest that her father could have had any interest in religion whatsoever . |
| 43 | What you bossing me for ? |
| 44 | African hunting dogs ( opposite , bottom ) attack their prey in a pack , pursuing them for several miles if necessary . |
| 45 | Back he scampered , to thunderous acclaim and a blizzard of silver , wowing them for hours . |
| 46 | When it disappeared from the catalogue and by chance I was offered a knighthood , I always said that the Queen , coming as she does from an angling family , was compensating me for having had my name taken out of Hardy 's catalogue . |
| 47 | Photographing them for an interval gives portions of particle paths , which , if short enough , can be used to synthesize a streamline pattern even in unsteady flow ( e.g. Fig. 3.7 ) . |
| 48 | If you were protecting me for my own good , she thought , I would be cross with you , but not this cross . |
| 49 | It is the learning process itself which is capable of bringing power to those who feel themselves to be powerless , and galvanising them for action on their own terms . |
| 50 | As musicians , jazz poets and exponents of hardhitting lyrics there are n't many outfits that come even close to matching them for dynamism or style . |
| 51 | The keeping of livestock includes keeping them for the production of food , skins or other agricultural purposes . |
| 52 | The trial judge directed the jury if at the time he collected the coins the defendant had formed the dishonest intention of keeping them for himself he was guilty of theft . |
| 53 | No he 's keeping them for just fun cars for himself , he 's just got the money to burn over there |
| 54 | Cos what I 'm doing , I put them on a series and keeping them for revision . |
| 55 | Are you condemning me for that ? ’ |
| 56 | she , keeps checking me for the thyroid as well now , every time I go and the tablets are all going haywire , she takes a blood test , a blood thing you know , your pulse every time I go |
| 57 | Account executives at the insurer , who monitor its agents , had Wright marked down as a man with constant cash flow problems — he was always hassling them for his commission . |
| 58 | Although all sets and costumes were designed in colour , a lot of ingenuity needed to be applied to make the sets visually more interesting to the viewers ; compensating them for only seeing everything in monochrome and through a slightly muzzy 405 line picture . |
| 59 | Skins on the segment and the pith both contain substances called bioflavonoids which enhance the effect of vitamin C , so it 's better to make use of the whole fruits rather than simply pressing them for your breakfast juice . |
| 60 | She 'd taxed him with trading them for snuff , which was his passion , and he 'd not denied it . |