Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THERE was much early enthusiasm from both sides in this senior friendly at Hamilton Park with visitors Portadown just hanging on for a narrow victory . |
| 2 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 3 | Trading in for a smaller house or flat again releases considerable capital , which is often shared with the offspring . |
| 4 | But er this hundred and twenty pound radio was knocking away for a five quid in the end er I er I heard . |
| 5 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
| 6 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
| 7 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 8 | Comedienne Marti Caine , star presenter of BBC1 's Joker in the Pack is gearing up for a hair-raising performance as the evil panto Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . |
| 9 | The sportscar firm is gearing up for a multi-million pound windfall by having replicas of the dream machine on sale in the next few weeks for at least £5,000 apiece . |
| 10 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 11 | We are led inexorably towards Kingsley and Redford squaring up for a mental duel between software equals , one barmily convinced that He Who Has The Database Rules The World and the other on the side of human compassion which ca n't be reduced to byte-size chunks . |
| 12 | Pausing only for a brief tongue-twister — she did that very well , Karen , where your tongues circle each other tantalizingly , barely touching — we gave chase along the footpath which runs through the meadows bordering the river . |
| 13 | The conservative teacher who is looking only for a reasonable salary and a peaceful life . |
| 14 | She knew perfectly well that he was not very interested in paintings and that he was looking only for a secluded place where he could kiss her . |
| 15 | This posits that the company or any group of individuals acting together for a common purpose creates a living organism , or a real person , capable of willing and acting through the people who are its organs just as a natural person wills and acts through their brain , mouth and hands . |
| 16 | He was looking not for a new policy for Britain , but for a political protege for himself , someone who would be more gracious and romantic than Chamberlain . |
| 17 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 18 | The world is full of stray cats , many of them searching hopefully for a new home . |
| 19 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 20 | Mm you basically saving up for a complete system ? |
| 21 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 22 | There will be sweet moments for all of us , but they will be swamped by the sour … and we 'll all be happy , in our own peculiar way , saving up for a sunny day two or three years off in the future . |
| 23 | He has already stopped me from saving up for a large format SLR camera ; my trusty 35-mm model will do well enough for the closeups of butterflies and flowers that interest me . |
| 24 | I shall have to be looking out for a second hand bike-y just for the occasional trip into town without getting Stuey out of bed so I be a bit more independent than just bothering you all time , if I just wan na pop anywhere . |
| 25 | Company secretary Peter Nicholson said : ‘ We are currently looking out for a suitable steam locomotive but it could not be too big or heavy . |
| 26 | Looking around for a possible light , we noticed an elderly couple smoking at a nearby tables . |
| 27 | This year the charity to benefit will be the Newborn Appeal , although the organising Speke 10k Committee are still looking around for a main sponsor for the event . |
| 28 | There 's a club meeting here for a social weekend — I think they like to keep their places warm here for when coarse fishing starts again . |
| 29 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |
| 30 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |