Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [v-ing] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freeing the study of politics from its ‘ structural overtones ’ , as Almond put it , not only meant searching for the familiar functions of government in unfamiliar social structures ( such as administration by age sets ) . |
| 2 | I made a mental note to myself that if the doctor on her case set that beautiful leg anything other than back the way it should be , then he had better start looking for a good dentist . |
| 3 | The United manager would be better advised looking for a short-term solution while his troops re-form and Dion Dublin , their £1 million signing from Cambridge United — is nursed back into the team . |
| 4 | But behind the scenes some countries have ( unlike the Americans ) already begun planning for a different outcome . |
| 5 | Brian Horton says that Joey is a proven scorer … he 's scored goals in the youth team … the reserves and hopefully keeps scoring for the first team … he 's exciting … and people love to watch wingers … |
| 6 | Many hours were taken up in the dark recesses of the developing room at Oxford 's photography workshop ; even more spent waiting for the precise moment to open the shutter . |
| 7 | You could also try working for a nursing agency . |
| 8 | But selling in bulk to a middle-man such as an investment bank , which then sells on the properties , probably means settling for a low price , reckons Bill Rhodes , a vice-chairman of Citicorp . |
| 9 | He has now finished sparring for the big fight and when he 's not out running he spends most of his spare time with his birds . |
| 10 | That it is now required reading for the French Establishment and for anybody involved in business or education is a measure of how successfully it fulfilled its task without compromising a reputation for unbiased reporting . |
| 11 | You should n't even consider buying for the new season until you 've consulted our survey , compiled by Steven Seaton . |
| 12 | It means , do n't keep wishing for the next day , or the next week , or month , or year , or your life goes too fast . |
| 13 | I would n't , I would n't mind going for a few days |
| 14 | He immediately began studying for a new career in the treatment room . |
| 15 | I would n't go shopping for the first few weeks . |
| 16 | No , not precisely I , I was a bit too young then , I , I remember all the songs about her Amy wonderful Amy and all those and oh and when she married Jim I was very much in but I could n't actually say I remembered her crashing at Walsall The erm you could , yeah , when I came home from work one Monday afternoon my nan said this eighty eight had gone over very low , and we , we heard that they 'd dropped this landmine this same aircraft had dropped this landmine that had gone under the gas holder at the gas works , in Road and the , they had some rescue workers from the A R P to get it out they never even bothered calling for the Royal Engineers , but the situation was that landmines used to come down on parachutes , and they used to slide into places which were inaccessible but anyway , they relied on the local Walsall A R P to get them out . |
| 17 | We understand why he had come to the House today to denounce freeloading for the rich . |
| 18 | A cold spell simply halts flowering for a little while . |
| 19 | But The Washington Post reported on 22 February that Mr Frohnmayer had been warned last October that he might as well start looking for a new job . |
| 20 | Please write appealing for the immediate and unconditional release of Nijazi Beqa to : |
| 21 | Having them both here busy looking for a flat for JONATHAN , who becomes nicer and nicer as he grows up ( and who can it seems sleep twelve hours on the trot night after night ) is quite exhausting , and at times annoying . |
| 22 | She was about to risk departing for an early lunch , a move which she would not have dared to make if Miss Coldharbour had been in the office , but Julia gathered she was out for the morning and not expected in until two fifteen . |
| 23 | I therefore started working for the first time in my life . |