Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a set up that checks a certain amount of areas and then blanks it otherwise you could be sitting there for hours waiting for a new Con activity so you just chew them off bit by bit . |
| 2 | They got it when Inzamam was short of speed returning for a second run , and Malcolm 's throw from third man was slickly relayed by Russell to the bowler 's end . |
| 3 | On board were hundreds of campaigners heading for a national demonstration against the government 's rail privatisation plans . |
| 4 | Some 200 people in possession of pamphlets calling for a multiparty political system were reported to have been arrested in recent weeks around the country ; the human rights organization Amnesty International said that many people working in companies with facsimile transmission machines capable of receiving opposition literature printed abroad were among those detained . |
| 5 | People strolled past without giving him a second look — couples hand in hand , families with pushchairs , groups of friends looking for a good spot to picnic . |
| 6 | The win by Peter Crispe and navigator Tony Poole was an exceptionally popular one , the pair having been stalwarts of air racing for a long time . |
| 7 | LOZ was revelling more than most , and after the club closed he dragged sexy woolly hat-wearing NME hack SIMON WILLIAMS around the streets of Islington looking for a pot-bellied old man clutching a bottle of champagne as it was ‘ the only way we 'll get a drink at this time in the morning ’ . |
| 8 | The Conservative selection board was designed to bring the candidates ' list into the latter half of the twentieth century by including more industrialists , more women , more representatives of ethnic minorities , and reducing the number of barristers looking for a congenial second career . |
| 9 | The post-war years were full of women longing for a full skirt and unable to make it . |
| 10 | Only in the case of engagements lasting for a single day or less , and involving people with whom the organisation does not expect to have further contact in the near future , might payment be made without any deductions . |
| 11 | According to the foreign journalists camped out at the Intercontinental Hotel for weeks hoping for a simple soundbite from El Presidente , he was not seeing anyone . |
| 12 | He wandered along the brighter corridors near Nettles looking for a good place to plant his seeds . |
| 13 | For investors searching for a non-residential property BES , publicly-advertised offers are less frequent . |
| 14 | If we have made your ferry booking all you will need to do is relax and plan your journey and the AA can offer expert help with route planning for a small extra charge details will be sent with your tickets . |
| 15 | Party of baboons with typewriters working for a million years would n't come up with anything wise . ’ |
| 16 | Bristol , linked via the Severn valley to an exceptionally productive hinterland , was second in 1700 , but with an inconvenient 7-mile approach up the Avon and with congestion making for a slow turnaround , limits to its expansion were already becoming visible . |
| 17 | Sailing as corporate hospitality took off about a decade ago , with companies looking for a new way of hosting events . |
| 18 | The exhibition runs until the middle of August , with Desmond hoping for a better reception than last time , when his work was slated by the critics . |
| 19 | At night the harbour lights up and the atmosphere becomes electric as the streets of Aghios Nikolaos fill up with people looking for a good time in the restaurants , bars and discos . |
| 20 | Pippa Raudsepp , residential mortgage manager with independent financial advisers London & Country Mortgages , said : ‘ For people looking for a new mortgage the rates are quite good . |
| 21 | * The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has launched a report in Brussels calling for a radical overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 22 | ‘ I have an excellent job in Durban working for a French barrier fencing company and am also studying for qualification in personnel management . |
| 23 | Manufacturers in plastics looking for a new aquatic widget are invited to contact Iwan Davies for details of his O 2 Enhancer which he has designed to spread water more effectively over trickle filter media . |
| 24 | Letting someone else decide — most often manifest in people applying for a wide range of jobs perhaps with little in , because they are unable to decide which is most appropriate for them and hoping that somehow the right choice will be made by the employers themselves . |
| 25 | He joins the Gateshead company after 10 years in Australia working for a similar electric motor company . |
| 26 | As a consequence , petitions flowed in to the National Assembly from all the local councils in France calling for a constitutional revision , but the majority in the Assembly rejected the appeals . |
| 27 | Young Mr Nilsen is in fact going for a 14-day trial at Sheff Utd right after Norway 's match tomorrow . |
| 28 | The portrait was painted in a few hours without Modigliani stopping for a single minute . ’ |
| 29 | The extra width available will be a boon to photographers looking for a rich textured background for full sized studio work . |
| 30 | In the ornate new council chamber , Mayor Murphy was trying to convince the city council that to be a real Edwardian Mayor he ought to wear mayoral robes , as they did in England ; the newly extended hospital was bracing itself for additional accident cases ; and Hank Stych stood in the airport at Calgary waiting for a local plane to take him north to Tollemarche . |