Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Then I shall get a train in the opposite direction , ’ he said , thinking that there was something sad about it , especially now that she was thanking him politely for the drinks .
2 The Queen obviously has a sense of humour , as was evident from her hamming it up for the cameras .
3 On application they literally digest smells by producing enzymes which attack the source of the odour , breaking it down for the bacteria to absorb .
4 And he he caught her the other day , she was putting them out for the birds , she do n't like them but she said .
5 The leggy actress has revealed that she now shreds all the rubbish at her Malibu home before putting it out for the dust-men .
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