Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The win by Peter Crispe and navigator Tony Poole was an exceptionally popular one , the pair having been stalwarts of air racing for a long time . |
| 2 | The Gulf crisis also brought out divisions among the factions within government contending for the succession to President Gouled on his completion of two terms of office in 1993 . |
| 3 | The private sector has , in fact , been struggling with the intricacies of inflation accounting for the last 25 years and have , by and large , abandoned the idea as being too difficult . |
| 4 | Whole rooms of the Turk 's Head were taken over by bits of fairground waiting for the revival that would send Uncle Titch and Grandad chortling off to the local branch of the Co-op . |
| 5 | While many people dabbled , it 's a little known fact even in cave diving circles , that Geoff Yeadon , often diving alone , logged over 18,000 metres of diving looking for the King Pot inlet . |
| 6 | To add to this demoralising sense of isolation , the tenacious curtain of smoke from the bombardment meant that the front line frequently could not see the supporting troops behind ; nor , worse still , could their rockets of supplication asking for the artillery to bring down a barrage , or cease shelling their own positions , be seen at the rear . |
| 7 | The papers of counsel acting for the plaintiffs in a pending action in the Commercial Court were mistakenly sent to the solicitors for the other side . |
| 8 | Nothing for us knocking each others ' doors at nights about midnight coming for a swim and we 'd all go down . |
| 9 | Time now for a recap of tonight 's main headlines with TBA interpreting for the deaf . |