Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [v-ing] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This did not prevent him paying for the installation of a swimming pool to amuse his children who roamed around their new domain during the holidays . |
| 2 | It would keep me going for the afternoon , until I could heat up the rest of the chicken for supper . |
| 3 | it just stopped short of the window , well no it was quite short you know , you could just see it aiming for the window , luckily it was plugged in |
| 4 | She has to turn to Thomas J for friendship in a bitter-sweet comedy that 'll have you reaching for the hankies in no time . |
| 5 | Hosepiping the camera back and forth is a bad technique : it makes the audience feel giddy and will soon have it heading for the way out . |
| 6 | It would save her waiting for the rain to stop , and the way the rain was pelting down it looked as if it never would stop . |
| 7 | In addition , any covenant requiring the tenant to appeal against a refusal of planning permission ( particularly at the cost of the tenant ) should be resisted as the tenant could find itself paying for the cost of the landlord appealing against a refusal of planning permission for the redevelopment of the premises at the end of term , where the tenant may wish to take a renewal of the lease . |
| 8 | This should be resisted as the tenant could find itself paying for the costs of an appeal it did not want to pursue . |
| 9 | Crucially , it 's faster ; it wo n't take an age to scroll through a document , spell checking takes only seconds and you wo n't find yourself waiting for the word processor to catch up with your touch typing . |