Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for [art] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were , yes , cos that 's when I went on to the crane driving in for a crane and got it you see , that 's why I finished up as a crane driver until I went stevedoring . |
| 2 | The Daily Telegraph , Observer and Economist , unsuccessful in groups bidding variously for the Yorkshire and Central Scotland franchises , were given holdings in LWT . |
| 3 | In 1985 , it opened up to the market , competing largely for the architecture and installation of PABX voice networks . |
| 4 | Pamela and he had been living together for a while and , until recently , Jimmy had been close to a happiness previously denied him ; both as lover and as surrogate father . |
| 5 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |
| 6 | With IBM Corp 's stock in the cellar and as hopes dim it will ever again return as the flagship of the US stock market , The New York Times last Sunday 20th was searching around for a successor and came up with — you guessed it — Microsoft Corp . |
| 7 | They stood looking about for a waiter and one said in a loud voice : ‘ How do we attract attention ? ’ |
| 8 | Who were going in for the exam and I were n't allowed to help them . |
| 9 | Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later . |
| 10 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 11 | He said hastily , ‘ I 'll be going away for a bit and I guess I 'll be ravenous when I get back . |
| 12 | There also lay embedded in the system the inequality of paying not for the job but for the qualifications : degrees received a year 's extra increment and as a result earnings differentials rose . |
| 13 | Once out of sight it speeded up , heading not for the crematorium but back to the mortuary . |
| 14 | Mortgages hit family incomes more directly and forcibly than paying more for the Volkswagen or Sony video recorder which would be among the potentially inflationary effects of devaluation . |
| 15 | There were at least two world champions lining up for the start and many seasoned and experienced drivers . |
| 16 | No , the , the , the extension of them going up for the cup and all , that 's what it was . |
| 17 | So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count . |
| 18 | I was sorry for Jennifer but they had only been going out for a month or so , and not terribly seriously . |
| 19 | He went back into the flat , grabbed his coat , told an astonished Frau Nordern that he was going out for a moment and , without waiting for any protests , dashed out and joined Bodo at the foot of the stairs . |
| 20 | And that 's all now so Val said she said I said to Cheryl now do n't you go and take Mervy away cos me and Ken certainly are n't gon na go and sit sit with erm the 's all dinner time so she said what they 're gon na do , they 're going out for the meal and everything and then they 're Ken are gon na go to Cheryl 's for the rest of the day So I said so that 's upset your plans then Val she said is n't it just ! |
| 21 | ‘ Every client I treat usually loses at least an inch — so it 's ideal if you 're going out for the evening and want to wear a specially tight outfit . ’ |
| 22 | A WORKER was fired after nipping out for a Coke and ice during a 15-hour shift at a sweltering print works , a tribunal heard yesterday . |
| 23 | It 'd be nice to be waiting here for a train and then getting on it and going somewhere nice . |
| 24 | Ramsay himself did not know this Ettrick Forest area so well as the main Middle and East Marches ; but from the route the usurper had taken from Moffat , it looked as though he was heading either for the mid-Tweed or Teviot dales — although he could have reached the former more easily by turning off in the Broughton area of Tweedsmuir . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've been rehearsing steadily for the tour and live we are very confrontational . |
| 26 | I had no interest in what this house should be like wishing only for a place and quickly to lay my head and could hardly rouse myself to inspect it . |
| 27 | The rain was holding off for a while and the streets were drying in patches . |
| 28 | Which was worse — staying here for the night or going back with him to the hotel ? |
| 29 | Charles continued to live with her in Cambridge , commuting by car to Ipswich to teach his classes , and staying there for a night or two each week . |
| 30 | The shares were six times subscribed and opened at 193p , staying there for a second or two before going decisively through 200p ; at the year end they stood at 218p , a rise of 70% on the issue price , and were valued on a historic price/earnings multiple of 30.8 ( and yield of 1.4% ) . |