Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , the fall in unemployment adds something to the theory that the economy has in fact been recovering for a good deal longer than generally realised . |
| 2 | Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ? |
| 3 | Watching the Trooper disappear up the road , I reckon it could go on trooping for a long time yet at the right price , with very little needing doing . |
| 4 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 5 | Yet qualifying for a black belt usually takes at least three years ( see table ) — long enough to put most westerners off . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't say that you are looking for a gilded mare too ! ’ |
| 7 | Well you 're looking for a new penknife so look at the penknives |
| 8 | Now the RSPCA is looking for a new site locally so it can build a much larger shelter : |
| 9 | In an ideal world of course they 're not but but I 'm saying if if you 're looking for a quick fix then that 's a quick fix . |
| 10 | He landed eventually at Stabiae ( near the present Castellammare ) , where things were still fairly tolerable , and there he encountered a friend of his , one Pomponianus , who was making frantic preparations to escape , loading his possessions on to ships and fretting for a favourable wind so that he could put to sea . |
| 11 | There we are , that 'll keep you going for a wee while longer James . |
| 12 | Th keep that going for a wee while again . |
| 13 | Thus , there 's the tip-toeing blues of ‘ Last Swallow ’ which allows Justin 's spruced-up Nick Cave intonation to give a would-be sea shanty a good kicking and suggests the Westies ' imagination is sufficient to keep them running for a good while yet . |
| 14 | Thus , there 's the tip-toeing blues of ‘ Last Swallow ’ which allows Justin 's spruced-up Nick Cave intonation to give a would-be sea shanty a good kicking and suggests the Westies ' imagination is sufficient to keep them running for a good while yet . |
| 15 | One of the men in the physiology department of the university here is taking them tomorrow as he is to stay with for a week , who is due home c. 13th and then the judge in whose house I so often stay in London IS coming for a long weekend c. 19th and then I have two or three B&B bods for Festival , giving up our bedroom ( UGH ) . |
| 16 | The other thing we do sort of every now and then , and next time will be Easter , we actually have some people in costume who actually reoccupy the house over Waster weekend in this case as as the household of William and they 've been coming for a long time now and they 've got set into the set into their roles quite well . |
| 17 | I myself would seemingly represent the environmental lobby , but there have been others , many ex-members of Harwell , who have been campaigning for a long time now , many years , to get these reactors shut down , and it has just been a very long slog , and eventually the truth has had to come to light to shut these reactors down . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | All sides are hoping for a successful horse fair this year and that the closest they get to a confrontation is a clash of cultures . |
| 20 | All sides are hoping for a successful horse fair this year and that the closest they get to a confrontation is a clash of cultures . |
| 21 | We 're hoping for a good day tomorrow |
| 22 | In the second semi-final Docklands Rover will be hoping for a clear run out of trap three , receiving five metres start from six-dog Ruffside Hall , which has won two of its three races from one metre . |
| 23 | While many children were hoping for a white Christmas more than 500,000 families were packing their suitcases and heading for the sun . |
| 24 | He can weigh up non scientific considerations in his decision , such as the effect of staff morale and relations with SLAC , but Bienenstock is hoping for a scientific solution not a political or philosophical one . |
| 25 | In 1989 outline planning for a similar development there by Bellway was refused by Middlesbrough Council 's economic development and planning committee . |
| 26 | The same applies to anyone , tall or short , who has been dieting for a lengthy period already , and generally to those who are only a few pounds overweight . |