Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In November 1974 , it was he who talked me into going along for the audition for ‘ New faces ’ at the Blue Angel nightclub in Leeds . |
| 2 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 3 | He was heading for the North Sea coast , which he would cross near Terschelling then follow for a while before turning in for the approach to Aalborg . |
| 4 | Barbel 's the only woman among thirty competitors lining up for the start in Geneva this weekend . |
| 5 | After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 6 | And , by the way , the reason I have to go is because Joanna is going out for the day with Ian Woodall . ’ |
| 7 | The beard algae had survived because the Flying Foxes had discovered that scavenging for algae was a poor way to live , compared with waiting around for the food for the Clown Loaches to arrive — and then nipping in smartish while the Loaches were still bumbling about . |
| 8 | SISTERS Joyce Anderson and Jean Tebble are revving up for the start of one of the biggest fund-raising drives to be organised on Merseyside . |
| 9 | She was only joining in for the sake of the others because Murder in the Dark is more fun with five than with four . |
| 10 | Do you think there 's any chance of him coming back for the opening of — ? ’ |
| 11 | She sat again at the dinner table and saw in the candlelight Hilary Robarts 's dark , discontented eyes staring intently at Alex Mair ; watched the planes of Miles Lessingham 's face fitfully lit by the leaping flames of the fire , saw his long-fingered hands reaching down for the bottle of claret , heard again that measured rather high voice speaking the unspeakable . |
| 12 | But once let them lose confidence , and they are like children in the dark , reaching out for the grasp of a strong hand . |
| 13 | The chief academic and administrative officer of a Scottish university , he or she is usually styled ‘ principal and vice chancellor ’ , the latter title used when standing in for the chancellor on ceremonial occasions . |
| 14 | The you so pointedly admonished is the addressee of the poem , Torquatus , a representative Roman , fictionally standing in for the reader at large . |
| 15 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 16 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 17 | By paying particular attention to texts and images created by women in the visual arts and performance as well as in literature , the book goes some way towards making up for the lack of awareness of women 's art . |
| 18 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 19 | Others , their duties finished , were settling down for the night on their pallets in front of the fires . |
| 20 | The man giggled — a horrible noise — before setting off for the curtain at the back of the room . |
| 21 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 22 | I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads . |
| 23 | Thirteen ships , led by two of Earl Siward 's , continued north past the estuary and were last seen setting round for the mouth of the Tay . |