Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [v-ing] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day after I finished working for the managing director of a certain company fighting off a take-over bid , the agency sent me to the rival company . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I remember thinking for a long time afterwards that it must have been Uncle Titch 's , ’ said William , and Preston stared at him in astonishment , shocked not so much by the thought of Uncle Titch and Mary Moxton in carnal embrace as by this sudden insight into William 's dark imaginings . |
| 3 | I was in touch several times by telephone , and I remember noticing for the first time a slight labouring for breath on his part , which was to become increasingly marked . |
| 4 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 5 | I stood staring for a long while . |
| 6 | All the time you spend waiting for the blooming things to grow . |
| 7 | She stood listening for a few minutes , trying not to smile . |
| 8 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 9 | We sat chatting for a few minutes after finishing our meal . |
| 10 | As we sat waiting for the last half-hour to grind away , the young Sheikh lifted the phone and telephoned his grandmother — his mother 's mother , not Sheikha Grandmother , who was still on her visit to her daughter . |
| 11 | County put one across Chester in the Coca-Cola Cup and Francis put opposing keeper Billy Stewart — 6ft 2in and 13 ½ st — in hospital after they collided going for a 50–50 ball . |
| 12 | Watch him wobble onto the dance floor as he goes looking for a decent record collection ( ie no Alice Cooper or Frank Zappa ) in CodeMasters ' happenin' hit … |
| 13 | The badges of honour he sports on his veteran 's beret when he goes dining for the old soldiers ' vote gave his plea a sort of authority . |
| 14 | It involves studying for a qualifying law degree and then proceeding direct to the Legal Practice Course , which is the professional training for solicitors . |
| 15 | While I will grant you that it beats filing for the Inland Revenue , it is a suitcase existence and no matter how glamorous the location of the meeting we very rarely see beyond the airport , the hotel and the stadium . |
| 16 | He found underpricing for the first third of his data period , and overpricing for the remainder . |
| 17 | He started racing for a small local manufacturer . |
| 18 | When Charles de la Tremoille was mortally wounded in the battle of Marignano in 1515 , his death brought pride for his family since he died fighting for the public good in an engagement at which the king of France himself had been present . |
| 19 | he said looking for a little boy who can do building work |
| 20 | Joined by the rest of the Brigade ( two battalions ) , it continued fighting for the next six days . |