Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 2 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 3 | IMAGINE stepping out of the shower into the caress of a tropical breeze — instead of reaching out for a tatty old bath towel . |
| 4 | THE new captain of Preston Grasshoppers is none other than England lock WADE DOOLEY , which wold suggest that — at least at club level — the ‘ Blackpool Tower ’ has every intention of playing on for a little while . |
| 5 | That is to say we are , we all need renewal and new ideas , but we stick to old quarrels and re-run old battles because we do n't know how to face up to the real problems at the present , nor to find ways of working together for a worthwhile future . |
| 6 | The weather was still warm and sunny , though , an Indian summer that looked like stretching on for a few more days yet . |
| 7 | And in fact in the early stages I got one man working for me and er I went back into teaching again for a short time to help out at a school where the the the teacher was ill , and I was teaching in the morning and then doing two-man jobs in the afternoon , and he was doing one man jobs in the morning . |
| 8 | ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping . |
| 9 | He has already stopped me from saving up for a large format SLR camera ; my trusty 35-mm model will do well enough for the closeups of butterflies and flowers that interest me . |
| 10 | You can eat octopus dunked in ouzo in a tiny harbourside taverna before going on for a five star dinner at an international restaurant . |
| 11 | Wetherall was up at one point and had two shots blocked before coming back for a third and putting the ball in the net . |
| 12 | If the glider gets wet before taking off for a high climb , the airbrakes may freeze up and become unusable . |
| 13 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
| 14 | The Americans trailed by two sets to Hlasek and Rosset before hitting back for a 6-7 , 6-7 , 7-5 , 6-1 6-2 victory . |
| 15 | The exercise had made the public familiar with the coalition and had given the local branches of the three parties experience in working together for a common purpose . |
| 16 | The path follows the road out of Port Isaac and at the top it 's worth glancing back for a final look at this fascinating place . |
| 17 | Best wishes and thanks for making the old rag worth reading again for a few years … |
| 18 | I think I 've enough of my own without looking round for a few more . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm fine now and looking forward to getting home for a few days . |
| 20 | He had abruptly spurred ahead of her then without replying , and they had ridden without speaking further for a long while . |
| 21 | There 's no alternative , I 'm afraid , to covering up for a few days , using a higher SPF sunscreen and taking care to stay out of the sun as much as possible . |
| 22 | Nottinghamshire SSD had tried to avoid applying for powers under a care order to remove three children from their home by going instead for a prohibited steps order to exclude their abusing father . |
| 23 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |
| 24 | Both the Congress Party and India 's constitution have kept the rivalry in check by standing firmly for a secular India in which the state is impartial between religions . |
| 25 | There was no rain in the darkness , and she could make even its sound go away by concentrating hard for a few moments . |