Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said there were three er , down there canvassing for the main parties and er , well quite a lot of people there and of course rich pickings for , providing they can get anybody to stop and talk to them do n't know , they 'd drive around |
| 2 | The document suggested that every school has a common aim , that of helping children ‘ to meet the basic academic and social demands of adult life ’ while allowing for the unique differences that exist between child and child . |
| 3 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 4 | Ian 's mother-in-law , Mrs Jan Waller , is in charge of catering for the four walkers and 17 back-up crew . |
| 5 | And remember that you are walking for the psychological benefits as well as the fitness and slimness benefits . |
| 6 | Also , because of his terrible sense of direction , he would get lost when hunting for the wrong things and Endill had to spend much of his time searching for him , almost getting lost himself . |
| 7 | The first step is listening for the key issues and emotional concerns of community people . |
| 8 | Vivien is not alone in thinking that the European professionals are making a mistake in looking for the same privileges and superstar treatment that is nowadays meted out to their American sisters . |
| 9 | WHelan did nt look out of place , but in this match I feel that he and Deane were both looking for the same balls and not really working as a pair . |
| 10 | Are we better off searching for the hidden opportunities or spotting the obvious ones early enough ? |
| 11 | Although there is some truth in this relative deprivation argument , it is equally important to note that the pains of imprisonment are mitigated by pleasant recollections : to be doing ‘ a lot of bird ’ without having lived well seems far more futile and absurd that to be paying for the rich fruits that crime has already brought . |
| 12 | A bigger worry is that the plan may not have done enough in three areas : open years , paying for the latest losses and litigation . |
| 13 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |
| 14 | In this way , Hammer became a victim of its own phenomenal success , always going for the big thrills and unable to get away with offering anything less than what was expected from a ‘ Hammer ’ film . |
| 15 | On waking , try staying in bed on waking for a few minutes and let your mind try to recall . |
| 16 | The first is that the donations that would be made would go to charitable social service agencies providing for the same groups as statutory agencies . |
| 17 | That safety valve might operate by way of an administrative procedure , calling for no external judgements as to whether nor not ‘ breakdown ’ had occurred . |
| 18 | PERU : Reports of ‘ disappearances ’ and extrajudicial executions have continued despite President Fujimori 's 1991 directive calling for the Armed Services and National Police to respect human rights . |
| 19 | He stood without moving for a few minutes and then he put out the light . |
| 20 | However , delay sowing for a few weeks if conditions are poor . |
| 21 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 22 | Harriet was concerned it would mean suffering for the wretched animals and it does seem wrong that , for example , under EEC rules the poor beasts do n't even have to be fed and watered so frequently during transport as under our rules . |
| 23 | One such exception concerns circumstances where a particular person does not have close relatives , where there seems to be an expectation that kin in the outer circle should give more support than they otherwise might , as it were deputizing or substituting for the non-existent children or parents . |
| 24 | He continued walking , past a queue of people filing aboard a sight-seeing bus , jostling for the best positions as they reached the open upper deck . |
| 25 | While the following day 's mixed owner sale was also successful , it was also business as usual with greedy consignors and less than spectacular goods making for the usual ups and downs . |
| 26 | One of the juniper trees is enlaced with the spread-eagled bodies of children , fighting for the highest branches and the best view of the dancers below . |
| 27 | Later , Margaret stopped playing for a few years so she could concentrate on squash but three years ago she returned to the sport and now plays outside hitter for the Balerno team . |
| 28 | Down the dirt-filled alleyways business was thriving for the red-wigged whores and their constant stream of clients from the Tower garrison . |
| 29 | Many of these occur in the Cambrian — it is as if the echinoderms tried out various designs before settling for the successful models that mostly survive today . |
| 30 | Support was evident from small business people whose firms were bankrupt , housewives who found themselves queuing for the basic necessities and civil servants and skilled workers whose salaries had fallen in real terms as a result of the inflation . |