Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [noun] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I promise him that I am endeavouring to find time for a debate . |
| 2 | Cos she 'd been wanting to do Aladdin for a couple of years but it was on at The Playhouse |
| 3 | Prokofiev , in the final piece of the evening , showed what to do with that kind of thing : his Overture on Hebrew themes , written in 1919 for a group pretending to raise funds for a conservatory in Jerusalem but in fact trying to feed themselves , just sets the tunes in a concise sonata form , and preserves all their humour and charm with hardly a suspicion of the composer intruding . |
| 4 | The first meeting of the Governors was held on 12th August 1881 and the seven present decided to appoint Mr. Edward Walmsley to the Chair before proceeding to make arrangements for a Clerk , to deal with the accounts ( for which proper books were now to be kept ) , and to inspect the Deeds of the School with the Town Clerk . |
| 5 | Action committee chairman Charles Greenhough , left , and secretary George Knowles campaigning to get approval for a start date on the planned Rickinghall and Botesdale bypass . |
| 6 | He has been researching and trying to raise money for a documentary to highlight the problem . |
| 7 | They talked about a project together with director Hal Ashby , who was trying to raise finance for a film based upon a remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice ( which Nicholson later made with Jessica Lange ) , but MGM pulled out because they did not think Michelle Phillips was a big enough name , not apparently appreciating that she was once a starring member of a world-famous singing quartet . |
| 8 | Not only did they raise more than £1,000 but they also succeeded in helping to recruit men for a battalion of the Green Howards that was being formed at Northallerton . |