Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had n't been working on the slate face , they had n't worked any slate , but they were doing all right on the tables , you know on the sawing the slate up for the others . |
| 2 | This was not Paul Lexington pushing the boat out for the cast , which would have been very out of character ; it was for the ticket agencies . |
| 3 | However , the results — far from presenting a more ‘ acceptable ’ picture of English housing — bore out everything that housing experts had been warning the government about for the past few years of increasing housing cuts . |
| 4 | ‘ Did you drop ten pounds ? ’ said Kim holding the note up for the woman to see it better . |
| 5 | They were flying the Liberators in for the big daylight raids on the Ruhr and one of them flew straight into the field where Grandad was working , planting carrots for the war effort . |
| 6 | About three weeks after Minch had gone , the Sweeper came by one evening just when the Men were shutting the Zoo down for the night . |
| 7 | However , this outlay can easily be offset by letting the apartment out for a brief period during the peak season . |
| 8 | Examples of these tasks include , ‘ chatting for two minutes to the man in the corner shop ’ , ‘ inviting the neighbour around for a drink ’ , ‘ enrolling in an evening class ’ , ‘ joining a club or society ’ , ‘ telephoning an old friend ’ , etc . |
| 9 | It 's suggested that you should linger on the great avenues and squares in the morning and afternoon , to see the swarms of officials and experts who administer the universe hurrying to and from their offices ; or sit a while in the shady walks of the various public gardens , and watch these same officials ' wives proudly taking the baby out for an airing . |
| 10 | I 've done all enquiries about putting the advert in for the temps . |
| 11 | But I had been er made a mon I think I told you this before , a monitor and I used to dodge all these sort of things and erm I used to go after I 'd been putting the books out for the next lesson , I could go to the library and I used to sit down and read . |
| 12 | That was making the invoices out for the parcel . |
| 13 | Others tell us Apple 's Enterprise people have been shopping the thing around for a while apparently to further insinuate the Mac into the corporate environment . |