Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [v-ing] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had to report to the headmaster at four o'clock , and was taken there by force by Foggerty who caught him racing for the school gates when the bell went . |
| 2 | It was in this tense situation that the Labour Party , the pacifists and the Government found themselves manoeuvring for the leadership of the growing public demand for peace . |
| 3 | Someone was killed in Godfather II but I never heard anyone calling for the banning of that . |
| 4 | Colossal close-outs kept him sprinting for the horizon . |
| 5 | But if you saw him running for the bus , he would go blue in the face and collapse on to the bus . |
| 6 | Then we had them voting for the imposition of VAT on heating fuels , a cruel tax on the ordinary person as well as the pensioner . |
| 7 | The Compton 's experience of life with public transport certainly left them longing for the return of theirs . |
| 8 | PALACEGATE EPISODE ended her racing for the season on a winning note yesterday . |