Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found himself hovering for a dangerous moment between pity and fear and he fought down the pity at once , for it was not to be thought of that he should feel such an emotion for this evil being . |
| 2 | And squeamishness prevented me looking for a tiny insect to place on a sticky dewdrop leaf . |
| 3 | There we are , that 'll keep you going for a wee while longer James . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh well , that should keep you going for a little while . ’ |
| 5 | That 'll keep her going for a wee while . |
| 6 | There were two men apart from the one with the rifle and she heard them quarrelling for a long time in another room . ’ |
| 7 | This arrangement keeps them going for a little while . |
| 8 | But that does not stop us yearning for a glamorous tan . |
| 9 | Thus , there 's the tip-toeing blues of ‘ Last Swallow ’ which allows Justin 's spruced-up Nick Cave intonation to give a would-be sea shanty a good kicking and suggests the Westies ' imagination is sufficient to keep them running for a good while yet . |
| 10 | Thus , there 's the tip-toeing blues of ‘ Last Swallow ’ which allows Justin 's spruced-up Nick Cave intonation to give a would-be sea shanty a good kicking and suggests the Westies ' imagination is sufficient to keep them running for a good while yet . |
| 11 | Even if the committee agree to a grant , it ca n't be more than a couple of thousand — not enough to keep you going for a few months . |
| 12 | Funded initially by the Probation Board and the Belfast Action Team , the cash-starved scheme now requires a further £140,000 injection to keep it going for a full year . |
| 13 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 14 | As employers find themselves competing for a falling number of young workers , there is a real opportunity to change out-dated and discriminatory attitudes towards older people . |
| 15 | However , his abiding passion for collecting recipes and formulas kept him experimenting for a further twenty years , perfecting the transfer-printing process . |
| 16 | Although he made a huge bonfire of his papers and correspondence in 1916 , and kept it going for a few days , Edward preserved all her letters along with his notebooks . |
| 17 | That left him deciding for a long time which club to use for his third shot . |
| 18 | That 's why I said your going for a thousand ! |
| 19 | For if we suppose this we shall fall into an infinite regress ; we shall find ourselves looking for a further interpretation . |