Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm only speaking now for the welfare of other fighters . |
| 2 | The headmaster himself had accused her of only joining up for the uniform . |
| 3 | She was only joining in for the sake of the others because Murder in the Dark is more fun with five than with four . |
| 4 | There were more than a few ‘ One Sergeant Wilko ’ and similar chants during the evening , perhaps making up for the heat-of-the-moment bollocking he got at Anfield for taking off a very industrious Rod Wallace . |
| 5 | Well this would be the ideal opportunity to look at that because obviously planning now for the future gives you an opportunity just as you 've done with your maxi-endowment |
| 6 | Fresh greenskins were already forming up for the attack , spear-wielding infantry and archers among them , and towards the rear two huge Trolls shambled slowly through a sea of frolicking Snotlings . |
| 7 | Calm and steady as a rock , the Pakistan captain just waiting here for the ball to come … ’ |
| 8 | So erm I was feeling a bit edgy about this when we were in the pub after the concert cos I thought maybe he 's reading things into it and I , you know , I was just going along for the music . |
| 9 | I eased down , just holding on for the silver medal , but it was the end of my Commonwealth Games . |
| 10 | The houses of Old Odborough are already lighting up for the evening , but it is not yet dark enough to see the lights farther away . |
| 11 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 12 | However , if Europeans were exasperated with Carter , many had little liking either for the man who beat him in the November presidential elections . |
| 13 | Now the wall has come down , Leipzig city council is still pressing ahead for the museum to be built , although the building funds have yet to be found and the competition to find an architect will not be until 1993 . |
| 14 | ‘ Time is quickly running out for the army to show whether it is on the side of the people , ’ said the Bosnian Interior Minister , Mr Alija Delimustafic . |
| 15 | just missing out on a win was local powerboater Steve Kerton … in the French round of the world formula one championships at Chalon he took second place but is still chasing hard for the crown … which he 's never won … |
| 16 | The you so pointedly admonished is the addressee of the poem , Torquatus , a representative Roman , fictionally standing in for the reader at large . |
| 17 | The wolf had cornered his prey and was now moving in for the kill . |
| 18 | He and other activists say time is now running out for the union ban , which they say will end after the election , because both Labour and Liberal Democrats have pledged to re-introduce union rights . |
| 19 | Comdex/Spring in Chicago last week was for all intents and purposes a Microsoft Corp event , all the energy and sparkle belonging to the Windows World side of the house , OS/2 being a footsore also-ran and Unix not even showing up for the race . |
| 20 | He probably worked on all his victims this way — softening them up , earning their trust and then moving in for the kill . |
| 21 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 22 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 23 | IBOA is in there working hard for the Bank Assistants . |
| 24 | The middle reach was occupied by small craft , mostly laying up for the winter , some of them already double lashed down under weather-cloths . |
| 25 | Various other tales account for the origin of the fairy godmother — one has it that , like the Italian witch Befana , a fairy godmother was actually looking endlessly for the Christ Child . |