Example sentences of "of [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know how it is , ’ he would say to their hosts , on the pretext of apologising for arriving late , ‘ She could n't find a thing to wear . |
| 2 | Instead of apologising for the article , the Mirror , in an act of ‘ pure undiluted hypocrisy ’ , published a second article ‘ Maggie 's Clay Test ’ and a leader on the subject the following day . |
| 3 | Instead of plumping for shop-bought toys , build up a useful box , filled with everything from buttons to old magazines , which children can glue together to make their own sculptures . |
| 4 | On the second day , she wrote Louise a letter that she knew was inadequate but told all that she felt capable of confiding for the moment . |
| 5 | Ask them to look out particularly for any signs of dredging for oysters , in the creeks , or just offshore . " |
| 6 | Darkness aids deception , of course , although the tricks played and misdeeds committed seem to lose little of their quality of daring for being performed under the cover of night . |
| 7 | And that included the experience of caddying for some of the greats when they came to St Andrews , such as Henry Cotton and Flory Van Donck . |
| 8 | I guessed it was the shock of Froggy 's death , and the tension of caddying for one of his contracted professionals . |
| 9 | Six seconds of fame after hours of queueing for this fan of a fan THE Lamports had queued for four hours before they were interviewed for the Antiques . |
| 10 | Both legal literature and the documentary evidence attest the use of what can be called trust clauses , as well as the practice of using for a single disposition the wording of both legacy and trust . |
| 11 | Among attractions of a combined survey is the economy of mobilising for a larger survey with fewer turns for the ship . |
| 12 | It will cover many kinds of shaping for a huge variety of subjects and once learned will save you a good deal of time in making up and garment fitting . |
| 13 | LeCoz noted that ‘ museums everywhere , even one as well known as the Orsay , are always in need of financing for their projects . ’ |
| 14 | Euro Disney has now admitted that it and Walt Disney are ‘ exploring potential sources of financing for Euro Disney ’ . |
| 15 | Kapre Software Inc , Boulder , Colorado has won $3.5m second round of financing for its object application software and C++ development environment from Hill , Carman , Kirby and Washing , Boulder , Institutional Venture Partners , Mohr and Davidow Ventures , and Stanford University . |
| 16 | It should be emphasized that private markets have remained the main source of financing for countries with balance of payments problems . |
| 17 | Historically , this arrangement provided a residual form of financing for the government — meeting any financing requirement not satisfied by sales of other forms of debt . |
| 18 | So maybe another kind of gathering for you — a tea party somewhere nice , maybe even in the Assembly Rooms at the Stockade , they 've been hired before now . |
| 19 | Despite the wealth of evidence that nuclear power can never under-price fossil fuel-generated electricity , BNFL is looking at ways of competing for supply in the open market . |
| 20 | Insiders put it down to the pressure of competing for six and seven figure salaries . |
| 21 | Now that the national museums no longer have their purchase grants awarded separately from grant in aid for running costs , they fear that those will be further whittled away and they will be even less capable of competing for major masterpieces . |
| 22 | The new game of competing for world market shares alters the order of importance of the functions of the state . |
| 23 | Ethologists have followed Darwin in their prime concern with the evolution of species and the various forms of physical and behavioural adaptation that they have developed in the process of competing for survival . |
| 24 | Among the nominees attending the lunch , as recognition of their achievements , was Montgomeryshire nurse Sue Blower , who had returned specially from her work as a nurse tutor in Bucharest , Romania , where she is helping to set up that country 's first school of nursing for 40 years . |
| 25 | And she makes it very plain that she does n't see the fun of cooking for me ! |
| 26 | Coloni received a message to say his mother had been injured in some sort of political disturbance in Valparaíso , so instead of cooking for us , he decided to go home . |
| 27 | It was too much , even for the sake of cooking for the Prince of Wales . |
| 28 | ‘ I am capable of cooking for myself , ’ he assured her stiffly , and she knew she would have to do a little begging to keep him from another burst of anger . |
| 29 | Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ? |
| 30 | The irony , however , is that in fact the new system is more likely to increase central control over , and funding of , local spending , instead of allowing for local variation , accountability and choice . |