Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 2 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you for the past three hours , pacing the corridors , wearing out the carpet . |
| 4 | THE Labour Party 's land policy paper , Planning a New Agenda , has been called partially flawed by Christopher Jonas replying to it for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors . |
| 5 | Sticking with it for the long haul , typically 5–7 years . |
| 6 | I 've been staring at it for the past hour , waiting for it to start twitching around like a fat little worm on a fishing hook . |