Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 while he was lying on the massage table after his innings waiting for a doctor , Warner and Palairet called to express sympathy .
2 Probably an amalgam of two mass-circulation papers The New York Herald and The Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer ( edited by James Gordon Bennett and Colonel Watson Webb respectively ) : both papers attacked CD in the most scurrilous fashion after his speeches calling for an International Copyright Agreement .
3 The door closed after Harriet , and Sally rifled through her wardrobe looking for a dress of mauve-sprigged white seersucker , slightly yellowed now , and quite out of place amongst the designer gowns .
4 It was significant that when the International Revolutionary Socialists had held their conference of April 1916 in Switzerland , barely any of the French Socialists voiced support for their resolutions calling for an immediate peace .
5 As one lecturer put it , ‘ I do n't want one of my students working for a first to have the achievement marred because it was ‘ only a 1.2 ’ . ’
6 I 've spent the last year of my life caring for the wrong person . ’
7 There have been four players with the same initial letter of their surname playing for a Test side both before and since , but there has only been four of the same letter on each side .
8 Other people at the Town Hall only spent part of their time working for the Tramways Department .
9 They are often allowed ( and expected ) to spend part of their time studying for a higher degree .
10 The United States on 2 November won a vote of 64 to 5 in support of its motion calling for a cease-fire .
11 Built in 1891 by Manning Wardle ( works no. 1210 ) as class L , the 12″ 0 6 0ST spent the first 40 years of her life working for the Doncaster contractors , Logan and Hemingway where she was known as No. 10 .
12 Marina spends most of her time caring for the younger children who live with her in the cellar — especially nine-month-old Vedo Besagic .
13 Somebody who has spent 40 years of his life working for the Scottish Transport Group would receive two thirds of his pensionable salary on retirement .
14 He issued the text of his decree calling for a nationwide vote of confidence , and it omitted any reference to the special powers he had claimed on Saturday during a televised address .
15 They sent Hamilton back to Scotland with Ivone Kirkpatrick , one of our men working for the BBC who 'd met Hess a couple of times in Berlin , when he was with the FO .
16 Meanwhile , the people of Gondar , Wollo , Tigre and Eritrea sit in their shelters waiting for an indifferent world to decide their fate .
17 Claudia lying in her hut listening for the first sounds of life .
18 She had been in her cottage waiting for the return of Tom and Carrie when a villager ran past shouting news of the fire and she had turned out to help .
19 Ann Thwaite , in her biography Waiting for the Party , suggests the relevance to The Lost Prince of a certain incident in October 1913 .
20 One was from her husband asking for a meeting .
21 Grant got the impression that Larsen must have been waiting for his signal , like a sprinter crouched in his blocks waiting for the starter 's gun to launch him into motion .
22 The first Creggan knew of the falling branch was the crack it made , loud and violent and cutting right into his chilly reverie as he huddled in his shelter preparing for the night .
23 Marshka had arrived late and now sat with Vashinov in his office waiting for the latest report .
24 She clapped her hands over her ears waiting for the water that was almost upon them , aware of the damage it was going to cause .
25 But she did n't know where it was either and soon the whole family was up on their feet looking for the source of the noise .
26 From then on he sat cowering in the corner beside his case praying for the journey to end and did not dare move , look down or even breath .
27 I stood outside his door listening for a long time ; there was n't a sound .
28 Then , and this I should expect very soon , there should be a reply from Greek Intelligence to our query asking for the complete list of places where Andropulos has conducted business , any kind of business , over the past few years .
29 Mark co-wrote a book Skulduggery about his experiences searching for the Orang-hutan tribes , but it is his most recent adventure — travelling through India on the back of an elephant — which has really captured the public 's imagination .
30 One of the biggest films of the coming year should be Dracula — and if you can hang on to your book token for a few weeks , it will be worth your while waiting for the publication of Bram Stoker 's Dracula — The Film And The Legend ( Pan , £7.99 ) .
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