Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the birth less than six weeks away , Jacqui is juggling a hectic schedule between work and planning for the new arrival . |
| 2 | But he did miss it ; he thought he had been born homesick ; he certainly thought he had spent most of his life waiting and longing and aching for the Bright Palace where his mother 's people had quarrelled and laughed and made love and war , and where the charming ruthless Wolfkings had woven Ireland 's history . |
| 3 | SFA lists certain criteria to be used to judge relevant experience and understanding for the particular transaction . |
| 4 | It was the people that were being drawn by the nose and paying for the whole thing . |
| 5 | I hurried along keeping close to a wall and waiting for the inevitable mortar burst that would follow in the path of the jeep . |
| 6 | In deaf clubs and institutes throughout the country , there was also much fund-raising and knitting for the armed services . |
| 7 | Suddenly it is all about hard work , grafting for each other and scratching for the odd result that might suddenly spark your confidence . |
| 8 | Teachers regard time for cooperative planning to be crucial to effective learning and teaching for the wide range of ability their pupils have . |
| 9 | For my own part , I enjoyed reading the old Punch and writing for the new one . |
| 10 | Labour proposes to get rid of Trust status hospitals , returning them to local authority control and substituting for the internal market a series of performance agreements boosted by incentives . |
| 11 | Afterwards , when Sara 's health and happiness had been toasted , there was music and dancing for the whole household . |
| 12 | Dad 's Army and waiting for the final push — ( l-r ) Hill , Teague ( obscured ) , Winterbottom , Dooley , Probyn and Ackford ( the only one to have retired so far ) . |
| 13 | But the complication involved in writing the program and allowing for the high number of physical variables made it impracticable at that time . |
| 14 | It felt rather like laying herself in front of an approaching juggernaut and waiting for the inevitable annihilation to follow … |
| 15 | her assignments have included taking pictures for a record sleeve for Jimmy Nail and working for the Australian bicentennial celebrations . |
| 16 | Mac began his career with Vidal Sassoon in 1984 until he became Head of Technology and Cutting for the Ginger Group . |