Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun prp] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He over-valued the pound when we went into the ERM and , coupled with his insistence of achieving zero inflation , that is destroying industry , jobs , homes , families and any chance of rebuilding Britain for a better future . |
| 2 | He had addressed such matters in Edinburgh , St Andrews , and would in Glasgow , with an awareness that he was reporting Scotland for an English audience as he might have reported Bavaria or Sweden . |
| 3 | Scharnhorst , taking Rawalpindi for an unarmed merchant ship , signalled her to heave to . |
| 4 | After the War , he was Fellow and Tutor in Economics at that college , deserting Oxford for a political career when he became an MP in 1950 . |
| 5 | Notts opener , Chris Broad in commanding form , striking Radford for an early boundary . |