Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Best wishes and thanks for making the old rag worth reading again for a few years … |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm fine now and looking forward to getting home for a few days . |
| 8 | He had abruptly spurred ahead of her then without replying , and they had ridden without speaking further for a long while . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There was no rain in the darkness , and she could make even its sound go away by concentrating hard for a few moments . |