Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to challenge and excite as much as I can but I 'm not going to create a work for the Scottish Ballet that is going to drive their audience away . ’ |
| 2 | " We 've told you we 're not going to get a wedding-dress for you , " Kate said . |
| 3 | Charles was not going to offer a cue for another derogatory observation , so he only picked up his glass and finished his drink . |
| 4 | She gave a hard look at Flavia and said in a hard tone , ‘ Now you 're not going to break a lance for Rosette Fournier ? |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not going to make a break for it , Pearce . |
| 6 | I 'm marrying my Italian born fiancé in London and I 'm desperately trying to find a venue for the reception which can serve our guests an authentic Italian meal . |
| 7 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |
| 8 | Cutting staff , announcing record profits , and still intending to introduce a charge for directory enquiries ‘ to compete with the American cost of 50p a call ’ |
| 9 | He is still trying to arrange a concert for it in London . ’ |
| 10 | Despite this apparent endorsement , SCO wo n't say whether it has even made a decision yet , suggesting that it is still trying to picture a future for OSF/1 , given the lack of industry support for it and the shadows cast by OSF 's re-focusing . |
| 11 | They 're still trying to establish a motive for the stabbing of Richard Miles , who was found dead in his garden . |
| 12 | Right we 're also going to give a mark for spelling and presentation . |
| 13 | He is also trying to find a manufacturer for a porcelain razor he designed for an exhibition in New York . |
| 14 | His cynicism is understandable — the black humoured script depicts US soldiers as sadists and racists , hopelessly trying to find a rationale for a war that their country can not justify . |
| 15 | International aid agencies , such as UNICEF , the UN children 's fund and the World Bank , are now striving to find a design for a handpump that is cheap and easy to maintain . |
| 16 | The other day , for instance , I was out trying to buy a coat for daughter number three : a nice , plain , narrow , navy coat , such as people of her age ( 16 ) like to wear . |
| 17 | The foolish trader is tempted by a bargain price and then scurries around trying to find a buyer for his bargains . |
| 18 | But , frankly , the policy of inventing interesting things and then trying to find a market for them was not generally very successful , ’ says Foster . |
| 19 | And er we find that those of us who are working with homeless people are increasingly simply trying to find some kind of shelter for a few nights rather than actually trying to find a home for people . |