Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sport offers spontaneity which , combined with ever more sophisticated technology , allows a viewer to watch a game from many different angles , moving in for a close-up on the agonized or exultant face of the athlete , or panning back for a shot of the pitch , track , or the seashore during an Open golf championship . |
| 2 | In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’ |
| 3 | From time to time , taking one to lunch or meeting up for a drink gives you a chance to talk shop and learn about the other 's work and publications . |
| 4 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 5 | Whenever I see coloured people in Porteneil , buying souvenirs or stopping off for a snack , I hope that they will ask me something so that I can show how polite I am and prove that my reasoning is stronger than my more crass instincts , or training . |
| 6 | She instructed Lucien to be careful with his leg , and to exercise the rest of his body only while lying or sitting down for a while . |
| 7 | And we 've been waiting and waiting and waiting now for a week to get this reconciliation at least together so that we could go out and re-count whatever was required . |
| 8 | Charles continued to live with her in Cambridge , commuting by car to Ipswich to teach his classes , and staying there for a night or two each week . |
| 9 | I felt that some of those on the bank waiting for the net to come in were wanting a body and wishing hard for a corpse . |
| 10 | They heard him dialling and speaking tersely for a moment . |
| 11 | A glastyn is rather like a BROWNIE , helping the farmer with chores and asking only for a bowl of cream and some bread at day 's end . |
| 12 | ‘ I was ten times worse myself and got over it on my feet , ’ he said in casual dismissal , opening his raincoat and reaching inside for a cigarette . |
| 13 | You could no longer do the things I 'd taken for granted , like making a cup of tea and sitting down for a gossip when I came in from college . |
| 14 | We sat drinking and talking together for a while . |
| 15 | He had rented the flat through an agency and had no idea who owned it , only that he was male and single and working abroad for a year . |
| 16 | The fuel gauge had gone on the blink shortly after the start , but pulling in for a pit-stop would cost him precious seconds . |
| 17 | Anti-matter has been known to exist since the Twenties but making enough for a propulsion unit ( one milligram ) would cost $100bn . |
| 18 | That could be bad news for any theoretical widow suing a first aider who had left her husband to die while scouting around for a telephone . |
| 19 | When the name of a group of fishes is mentioned as going out for a swim all the members walk around the monsters in a circle . |