Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [v-ing] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could no longer do the things I 'd taken for granted , like making a cup of tea and sitting down for a gossip when I came in from college . |
| 2 | From time to time , taking one to lunch or meeting up for a drink gives you a chance to talk shop and learn about the other 's work and publications . |
| 3 | Whenever I see coloured people in Porteneil , buying souvenirs or stopping off for a snack , I hope that they will ask me something so that I can show how polite I am and prove that my reasoning is stronger than my more crass instincts , or training . |
| 4 | This is the beginning of the classic route to follow on a walking tour of Zurich , starting from the main railway station through the sophisticated poise of the Bahnhofstrasse and branching off for the Lindenhof . |
| 5 | Once the veneer of hunt balls and dressing up for the occasion is stripped away all you have left is a very cruel activity which is a disgrace to those of us who live in the modern world . |
| 6 | I felt that some of those on the bank waiting for the net to come in were wanting a body and wishing hard for a corpse . |
| 7 | It may be poetic irony , but I was attending a convention in Hong Kong and working resolutely for the cigarette manufacturers at the time of my infarct . |
| 8 | A glastyn is rather like a BROWNIE , helping the farmer with chores and asking only for a bowl of cream and some bread at day 's end . |
| 9 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 10 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 11 | He was pressing hard on the button and standing patiently for the door to open . |
| 12 | Every month almost two thirds of the British population participate in some kind of sales promotion , either by trading in a money-off coupon , entering a competition or sending away for a free gift . |
| 13 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 14 | In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’ |
| 15 | It did n't frighten her ; she merely disliked the physical act of getting on a plane and sitting there for the duration of the journey . |
| 16 | There was little chance of his being hit , but he slipped deliberately , pitching forward , striking the ground with his shoulder and rolling fast for the ravine where he 'd hidden the first gun . |
| 17 | ‘ I was ten times worse myself and got over it on my feet , ’ he said in casual dismissal , opening his raincoat and reaching inside for a cigarette . |