Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar action should be taken , so that the dog is told to be quiet , and you disappear until it has stopped barking for a few moments . |
| 2 | I just do n't happen to like working for a male chauvinistic pig like you , that 's all ! ’ |
| 3 | If we 're finally able to exclude Burrows from this tangle , and all my instincts tell me he 's not involved , then we shall have to start looking for a compelling reason for one of those people to smash Wetherby over the head with a statuette . ’ |
| 4 | It was as if , thought the queen-dowager fancifully , the world had stopped turning for a few moments , immobilised by the enormity of her action . |
| 5 | Newman had stopped walking for a few moments , his mind racing . |
| 6 | He was with Wilson Staff in those days , and they had written asking for a good caddie for the centenary Open . |
| 7 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |