Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know specifically asking for a sleeping tablet . |
| 2 | Now that 's settled can I carry on moping for a few hours more ? ’ |
| 3 | Watching the Trooper disappear up the road , I reckon it could go on trooping for a long time yet at the right price , with very little needing doing . |
| 4 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 5 | ‘ I never thought I 'd end up working for a bossy woman . ’ |
| 6 | Do I start tomorrow looking for a new paper , because the Echo ca n't be doing with a man who lacks the bloody human touch ? |