Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also got so sick at waiting for the bits that happen after you get through setup |
| 2 | At the end of a book almost entirely devoted to arguing for a strong genetic component in the causes of crime , he turns his attention to the contemporary ‘ crime wave ’ and what should be done about it . |
| 3 | It 's one of Metallica 's tour personnel talking at the band 's hotel , just prior to leaving for the night 's Wembley gig … |
| 4 | ‘ At the moment I 'm just concerned with preparing for the Lithuanian game . |
| 5 | THE IDEA of preparing a budget for the building of a house is a daunting thought , especially to someone who is more used to budgeting for the family holiday . |
| 6 | SIMON PARKE , the 17-year-old Yorkshireman , made the selectors feel a little more comfortable by qualifying for the World Open here yesterday . |
| 7 | For Pound undoubtedly made the poem more obscure by asking for the excision of some transitional and bridging passages where the language was not at full pressure , but on the other hand he caused to be removed some extended sections which , being plainly extraneous , could only have added to readers ' bafflement . |
| 8 | I was also lucky in working for a sergeant who happened to have only three figures in his official service number , a relic of the old Royal Flying Corps . |
| 9 | Stewart has seemed distinctly ill-at-ease in preparing for the fight . |
| 10 | A significant proportion of women with these disabling conditions are also responsible for caring for a male spouse or other relative with a disability . |
| 11 | Even the best examples of restoration , and there are perhaps a few , fall far short of compensating for the lost of ‘ real countryside ’ . |
| 12 | Obviously , the adventurers may try elaborate or complicated ploys here such as calling for a blessing , Dispel Magic spells , and so on . |
| 13 | These tend to be those least capable of caring for a child , or those bearing a foetus with malformations for which the diagnosis is time-consuming . |
| 14 | They are quite capable of paying for the resource they want and they want to provide it , but they 're just not allowed to do it . |
| 15 | Government , employers , trade unionists and educationalists are virtually unanimous in calling for the inclusion of these fundamental skills in all training and education . |
| 16 | When I addressed the General Meeting last year I was heavily involved in preparing for the move from Gray 's Inn to Bedford Row . |
| 17 | Hilton was certainly conscious of writing for a wide monastic audience , but The Ladder is ostensibly written for a nun , who was enclosed in a convent and bound by traditional monastic disciplines , but who also seemed about to begin a more solitary life . |
| 18 | If we were biologically capable of living for a million years , and wanted to do so , we should assess risks quite differently . |
| 19 | He is very close to asking for a transfer . ’ |