Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [noun pl] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were sitting round the newsroom table , mulling over ideas for the next day 's programme . |
| 2 | As the Republic seems set to qualify for America , they are drawing up plans for the biggest television sports blockbuster ever . |
| 3 | It became the last stop for taking on provisions for the large convoys of merchant and naval ships crossing the Atlantic . |
| 4 | Phil toppled from a stepladder as he was putting up decorations for the big day — and a spike went right through him . |
| 5 | The class I go to on Monday evenings erm we do warming up exercises and I 'd be quite happy if they just stayed warming up exercises for the whole hour . |
| 6 | They looked to be all one way traffic as Abingdon 's mid-field dominated the game , setting up chances for the front runners , but the final touch was always missing . |
| 7 | In his annual report to the nation on Nov. 1 setting out goals for the second three years of his six-year presidential term , President Carlos Salinas de Gortari proposed radical reforms of agriculture , the education system and the status of the church based on changes to the 1917 Constitution . |
| 8 | Buchan fitted the bill perfectly ; he was an experienced , thoughtful player who was always seeking to improve his performance and working out moves for the next game . |