Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had n't been working on the slate face , they had n't worked any slate , but they were doing all right on the tables , you know on the sawing the slate up for the others . |
| 2 | Even so , many an intrepid user carted one from pillar to post while keeping an eye out for a mains socket . |
| 3 | I was whistling a medley of Ellingtonia and keeping an eye out for a transport café for breakfast and feeling fairly pleased with myself . |
| 4 | I parked Armstrong on Soho Square and hoofed it round the corner into Dean Street , keeping an eye out for the fly-posters to see if anyone interesting was playing in the vicinity . |
| 5 | Fenella retrieved her plate , keeping an eye out for the fastest claw in the East End . |
| 6 | This was not Paul Lexington pushing the boat out for the cast , which would have been very out of character ; it was for the ticket agencies . |
| 7 | However , the results — far from presenting a more ‘ acceptable ’ picture of English housing — bore out everything that housing experts had been warning the government about for the past few years of increasing housing cuts . |
| 8 | ‘ Did you drop ten pounds ? ’ said Kim holding the note up for the woman to see it better . |
| 9 | They were flying the Liberators in for the big daylight raids on the Ruhr and one of them flew straight into the field where Grandad was working , planting carrots for the war effort . |
| 10 | About three weeks after Minch had gone , the Sweeper came by one evening just when the Men were shutting the Zoo down for the night . |
| 11 | However , this outlay can easily be offset by letting the apartment out for a brief period during the peak season . |
| 12 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
| 13 | Examples of these tasks include , ‘ chatting for two minutes to the man in the corner shop ’ , ‘ inviting the neighbour around for a drink ’ , ‘ enrolling in an evening class ’ , ‘ joining a club or society ’ , ‘ telephoning an old friend ’ , etc . |
| 14 | It 's suggested that you should linger on the great avenues and squares in the morning and afternoon , to see the swarms of officials and experts who administer the universe hurrying to and from their offices ; or sit a while in the shady walks of the various public gardens , and watch these same officials ' wives proudly taking the baby out for an airing . |
| 15 | I 've done all enquiries about putting the advert in for the temps . |
| 16 | But I had been er made a mon I think I told you this before , a monitor and I used to dodge all these sort of things and erm I used to go after I 'd been putting the books out for the next lesson , I could go to the library and I used to sit down and read . |
| 17 | That was making the invoices out for the parcel . |
| 18 | Putting a hand out for the clock , she found it was only a quarter to eight . |
| 19 | And yet 15 or 20 years ago he would still be playing non-League stuff and carrying a hod around for a living . |
| 20 | Others tell us Apple 's Enterprise people have been shopping the thing around for a while apparently to further insinuate the Mac into the corporate environment . |