Example sentences of "[v-ing] for one [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Hundreds of gypsies are gathering for one of the biggest horse fairs of the year .
2 Mr Jones was shocked at the cheek of a man who was only middle-aged , and had a house and a living , in applying for one of the new homes .
3 Though he had no hope of beating Stevie or Buck , he was heading for one of the best net scores of the day .
4 In 1956 , of course , the Conservative party was heading for one of the few post-war political events unequivocally more damaging to it than the current poll-tax furore — the Suez crisis .
5 A man was running for one of the early morning buses .
6 At least four serial tissue sections , depending on the density of IgG producing cells , were subjected to paired immunofluorescence staining for one of the four IgG subclasses and for total IgG .
7 Angry with herself , she sat up in bed , turned on the light ( wonderful electric light ) , and reaching for one of the three modern novels laid out for her , forced herself to read .
8 In his last competitive game before the world championship , Davis had to battle all the way against an opponent also fighting for one of the four play-off places .
9 They are playing for one of the biggest clubs in the game and that should be a source of pride , but that seemed to be painfully absent at Bradford last week .
10 In Africa she had enjoyed the company of men and many had come under her spell including government inspectors , colleagues from other teacher training establishments and senior staff working for one of the major publishing houses .
11 Perhaps buyers are continually raising the problem that the salesperson is working for one of the smallest companies in the industry .
12 The other day , as a small example , I met a young trainee manager working for one of the few substantial Northern Ireland engineering firms .
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