Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's probably only one of the local kids sneaking in for a look around , ’ Jessamy tried to reassure herself . |
| 2 | KNOCKING AROUND for a while now . |
| 3 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 4 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 5 | Maybe liberal reformism is something to be contemplated today , even by those waiting patiently for the revolution tomorrow . |
| 6 | Cos we 're only going away for a weekend then are n't we ? |
| 7 | I 'm going out for a minute anyway , . |
| 8 | How about going out for a meal instead ? ’ |
| 9 | I going round for a collection too . |
| 10 | Sorting out for the doctor today . |
| 11 | What I find though , erm , becau my , because we got so much stuff coming in for the shop anyway , like the lettuce or the fruit and veg , my parents don , you know , like most people go , yo your mother probably goes , how many , how often does she make a shopping trip ? |
| 12 | I says I 've already told you about it , she says yeah I know she says but you 're going for some petrol tonight , I just wondered if you were coming up for an hour tonight . |
| 13 | There was little chance of his being hit , but he slipped deliberately , pitching forward , striking the ground with his shoulder and rolling fast for the ravine where he 'd hidden the first gun . |
| 14 | THE airpass holder who whinged to the Dallas check-in clerk that she had spent all day standing by for a flight out of one of America 's less attractive airports was gently chastised . |
| 15 | Leaving aside for the moment purely defensive moves , not calculated to increase efficiency , responses may , following Eisenberg 's terminology , lead to improvements in operating efficiency or resource efficiency . |
| 16 | Might have been queuing up for the keep-fit actually , yes I was , I was queuing up to go to keep-fit and there was a woman in the queue saying that about so and so and so , ooh he 's moving she said ! |
| 17 | Sleeping out : Hartlepool people will be sleeping out for a night later this month to raise money for local projects to tackle homelessness . |
| 18 | When you come to retirement age , whilst not suggesting that you are past it , you are planning ahead for the time where you may not be quite as capable as were . |