Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're er , obviously gathering information for a big push then |
| 2 | The programme had changed : a collie dog was now gambolling about , apparently seeking aid for a distressed shepherd . |
| 3 | Thus the signalman was prevented from inadvertently releasing signals for a second train to enter before the first was clear . |
| 4 | I believe again that our members will support the call and in so doing call for a general election to dismiss this totally incompetent government ! |
| 5 | That might seem reasonable , except that in China it is quite normal for ailing politicians to be filmed for the evening television news on their sick beds , perhaps receiving wishes for a speedy recovery from solicitous friends . |
| 6 | Just as you learn you learn your basic modes of essay writing in essays that I 'm not going mark for A Level exams , okay , erm , but there is another way . |
| 7 | Er so we wrote to the heads of the schools and they were quite willing to accommodate er us and then I found out that er Muslims are already taking assemblies for a few years . |
| 8 | Rather than investing in a filter , it may be better to use bottled water if you are just avoiding tap-water for a few weeks . |
| 9 | I often think of you , for example as at a recent and deeply moving funeral for a long-standing friend who had died of AIDS , when I sat inside the church literally underneath/beside your sculpture , but I am an increasingly bad correspondent , possibly as a result of so many letters re jobs ! |
| 10 | But they are still discussing plans for a national network of terminals . |
| 11 | They are also finalising plans for a European tour later this year — which is going to mean fewer dates back home — including Farnham . |
| 12 | At the time of his death Campbell was unsuccessfully seeking backers for a jet-driven car to go through the sound barrier . |
| 13 | Before the Barcelona games Nike executives told the Daily Mirror they had lined up racing certs for a nationwide billboard blitz . |
| 14 | The upward spiral on which film budgets were set suggests that Rank might have had to go on losing money for a long time before hitting on a way to achieve a steady supply of sellable films . |
| 15 | It explains how to go about adjusting LIFESPAN for a particular application : for example , allocating the resources and privileges of the LIFESPAN accounts . |
| 16 | It has to be as , apart from briefly translating ideas for a new character on to paper , he finds ‘ there is so little time . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , the band are currently writing songs for a new studio LP which will feature a host of guest vocalists — many of whom have been affiliated with The Pogues during their nine-year history . |