Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It started when a man working in the sorting office was suspended for refusing to stand in for a colleague who 'd gone sick . |
| 2 | I have been doing some work for a national charity recently and the director and one of the key office-bearers can not stand sight or sound of SARAH , which was a trifle awkward when she rang up once or twice ‘ wanting to pop in for a chat at your new office ’ . |
| 3 | Sterland announced his return to fitness by saying : ‘ I am picking up my training steadily and looking to turn out for the reserves in the middle of next week . |
| 4 | Mm , er what to think , oh I ca n't think of any words , oh we 're going to go off for an interview now anyway . |
| 5 | Firemen were called to the river Taff in Llandaff to rescue Eric , a 10-stone Irish Wolfhound who had got into deep water after deciding to go in for a swim . |
| 6 | It was a suspiciously long letter for someone who seldom wrote any , and when Rain was waiting to set off for the office he was still tapping away at it . |
| 7 | I say to him [ husband ] I 'm going to clear off for the day and you can do it all one day , and you 'll see what it 's like . |
| 8 | The thing that , you see I was going to send off for a pair of gloves cos I ca n't find my thermal , but when I looked on and saw all the bits and bobs of paper that come , there was n't erm , little slip you get with a pound off , for postage and packing , which I 've been getting recently have n't you ? for erm |
| 9 | Are you going to stay here for a couple of days , where you 'll be safe ? |
| 10 | ‘ He is going to stay here for a while . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 12 | I think we should have all what we 're going to have in for the bazaar thing , . |
| 13 | It was n't just here and now , he was part of the past and he was going to sign up for the WEA history and archaeology classes . |
| 14 | If you are aiming to go back for a landing , only stay long enough in that thermal to get properly centred before moving off again down to 1500 feet and starting to look for the next bit of lift . |
| 15 | Those wishing to vote now for the counter motion in the name of Mr to please stand . |
| 16 | in the rear of the trench , wrapped myself in an old Army blanket , I could hear the sound of the German sniping starting up for the day . |
| 17 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 18 | There was n't the faintest trace of pity in his face as he saw the defeated posture , just a glimmer of satisfaction that his own plans were starting to go well for a change . |
| 19 | Well while you 're just having look there for a minute I 'm gon na nip to the basement and straight back up again ok , I wo n't be a minute . |
| 20 | He came out of the clinic on 19 March having stayed there for a week longer than he had anticipated , and was once again forced to rest . |
| 21 | The rain having petered out for a while , we all went out to stare at the sunset , about which the two poets made lurid remarks . |
| 22 | The grown ups having gone out for the evening we then kept awake alternately for half-hour shifts by one of the boy 's watches until at long last we were rewarded by the sound of creaking and thumps from the stairs , accompanied by slurry avuncular curses and " shushes " from the aunts . |
| 23 | A friend failing to turn up for a date may reawaken deep-seated fears of abandonment . |
| 24 | The 28-year-old graduate from Bristol University was fined at the end of last season for failing to turn up for the team coach travelling to the FA Cup final after discovering he had been dropped in favour of the fit-again Bruce Grobbelaar . |
| 25 | The short-term lets often suit people such as students when the off-season coincides with their term , but for families the disruption of having to move out for the summer is frustrating . |
| 26 | Another famous figure , Joan Mirö , initially praised by Breton as ‘ the most Surrealist ’ painter , later described his Surrealist phase as having lasted only for a matter of months . |
| 27 | In the string , taking Shine On for a showpiece half-speed over five furlongs , riding home , her mind was on the implications of his message . |
| 28 | A couple of weeks later , just as most of the officers and men of the Allied Screening Commission in Verona were preparing to go off for the weekend to the country , an enormous , chauffeur-driven Fiat motor car with a flag on the front of it rolled up in the drive . |
| 29 | They were preparing to check in for a flight to Tokyo . |
| 30 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |