Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun pl] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But changing banks , as Branson was prone to saying , ‘ is a bit like changing your parents for a new set . |
| 32 | They were riding cautiously , straining their eyes for a distant light , when the policeman shouted , ‘ Halt ! ’ |
| 33 | She found she was straining her ears for the musical clang of the town church bells . |
| 34 | For many , the thought of leaving their parents for the first time left them subdued . |
| 35 | The Political Secretariat of the ECCl replied on 20 February , repeating its suggestions for a United Communist Party and accused the ILP leadership of attempting to escape the decisions of its 1933 Conference . |
| 36 | The almost wordless scene in which Ma Joad , packing her belongings for the last time , comes across a pair of old earrings and tries them on , recalling some long forgotten happiness , is as touching as anything he ever directed . |
| 37 | Outlining his proposals for the 1992/3 season , the Soc . |
| 38 | After two pitches I suffered one of those inexplicable aberrations and instead of following the blatantly curving crack into which we had been cramming our limbs for the last 60ft I launched up an unerringly straight vertical groove above the belay . |
| 39 | We crowded round the table , straining our ears for the magic sounds , while Robert adjusted the cat 's whisker . |
| 40 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |
| 41 | I think you might do better to live with him for a while , before you actually tie the nuptial knot with someone who may be borrowing your knickers for the next 60 years . |
| 42 | We discuss and enjoy celebrating the seasonal festivals such at Christmas , Easter and Harvest , when we join with the rest of the Junior School in bringing our gifts for the sick , and those in need in the neighbourhood of the School . |
| 43 | As my vouchers are used up in about four months each year this means that for eight months I 'm out of pocket using our stores for the weekly shop . |
| 44 | It was an astonishing performance in a first-rate production , and it led directly to her casting as Kitty MacVurrich in The Long Roads , McGrath 's TV film about a cancer-stricken Skye woman and her husband , visiting their children for the last time . |
| 45 | By Anne Harrison TWINS Keith and Brian Simmons are raising their glasses for a special birthday toast . |
| 46 | Mock interviews and tape-recording answers will pay handsome dividends at the interview itself when you would otherwise find yourself practising your answers for the first time . |
| 47 | ‘ Forgetting your directions for a second time . |