Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I reckon you 're very wise not going in for this lark , " Joanne said , shifting the mound of her body uncomfortably under the bedclothes . |
| 2 | we 're not waiting now for any afflatus |
| 3 | I tell you , I 'm not giving you a penny more for clothes , I 'm not paying for any driving lessons when you 're seventeen , I 'm not shelling out for another disco , I 'm not giving you another lift to a party that everyone else in your year 's going to and you 'd be a freak if you missed it . |
| 4 | ‘ We did n't even know it was being taped — we were just warming up for another track by playing the song . |
| 5 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
| 6 | Is a search still going on for missing material ? |
| 7 | And it 's still going on for another season . |
| 8 | And incredibly , users at the top end are still crying out for more power because IBM failed to keep its promise of increasing performance at a rate that would keep it ahead of customer demand . |
| 9 | Whatever the readers ' perception , Le Monde is changing and will go on doing so for some time to come . |
| 10 | Glaswegian clubbers were a bit slow at first to take advantage of the late opening hours , says Stuart , but are now making up for lost time . |
| 11 | On reflection , he rather regrets that they were n't looking out for each other . |
| 12 | We 're actually producing more for less money especially since last year |
| 13 | You lot definitely going away for this week |
| 14 | The 235,000 sq ft , eight storey medical office building with a 1,500 space car park , is the fourth contract McDevitt Street Bovis are currently carrying out for Presbyterian Hospital , and is on behalf of the Nalle Clinic , a local group of 85 multi-disciplined doctors . |
| 15 | I had been happily chatting away for some time to my ‘ invisible ’ recorder before I realized I was not alone . |