Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [noun sg] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are still left with the dilemma that despite all the potential sophistication , the lymphocytes actually in the infection seem to be there using up energy for the sake of using up energy — like cars stuck in a traffic jam with their engines racing . |
| 2 | Piling up information for the sake of it can reveal a lack of understanding . |
| 3 | One childless career woman described the scene when she discussed having a child and giving up work for a while . |
| 4 | CHARTBUSTERS Boyz II Men are giving up sex for a year to stay on top of the job . |
| 5 | Objections to the proposals essentially turn on the terms under which any devolution would take place , and the question of the competence and reliability of the organisations which would be taking on responsibility for the sites . |
| 6 | Two hours ’ rest before taking up position for the attack . |
| 7 | Although retiring from office this year , warden Frank Wood will be carrying on responsibility for the general overseeing of the buildings and the Church Centre . |
| 8 | The Inland Revenue say that carrying on business for the purposes of this section continues until all the debts of the business incurred in the course of trade have been paid , and that includes the liability for tax . |
| 9 | Can I ask why it 's storing up misery for the children ? |
| 10 | The Australians were recovering again from the brink of disaster , although a ruthless reprisal raid by Portuguese against the natives who had helped the Japanese was storing up trouble for the future . |
| 11 | I did n't say that , that surrogacy was storing up trouble for the future |
| 12 | The NCC says that , ‘ unnecessary inputs of fertilisers and pesticides … can in the long run be storing up trouble for the future … ’ |
| 13 | The views of teachers were amongst the matters looked into by the Sheffield University team when carrying out research for the Elton Committee . |
| 14 | But ERR , carrying out research for the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) , found that emissions of this type will " rise considerably above their 1990 levels and remain there " . |
| 15 | Putting out poison for an animal to take is probably not trespass since the interference is not direct , a requirement of all true forms of trespass . |
| 16 | Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse . |
| 17 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 18 | Nobody 's interested in laying down wine for the future , when they 're dead : instead they 're all drinking up what 's been in the cellar for decades . |
| 19 | Idly I wonder if she 'd have done the same thing had the play been Shakespearean : ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent … but leaving aside discontent for the moment I want you all to put your hands together for good old birthday boy Barry in Box B. All together now , Happy Birthday to you … ’ |
| 20 | Setting aside mathematics for the moment , the different levels can be seen in terms of scale ( which Hodgson 1985 neatly gives in centimetres ) , in terms of envelopes ( Needham 1969 ) or perhaps best in terms of levels of organization ( since physicists argue that they relate to ‘ all levels of scale ’ ; Institute of Physics 1988 , p. 2 ) . |
| 21 | J. Chapman , Sledmere Drive , Acklam , Middlesbrough : I was a final year pharmacy student in Sunderland and I was setting up apparatus for a chemistry experiment , when another student came in with the sad news that the King had died . |