Example sentences of "and [noun] [be] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birds and animals were settling for the night ; a nightjar churred , a mallard made a last leisurely circle near the riverbank and then disappeared , a moorhen called ‘ cock-cock-cock ’ to no one in particular . |
| 2 | But he certainly was n't the man to have in the driving seat on the union side when both management and workers were striving for the sheer survival of the company , and needed to work together if they were to pull through . |
| 3 | At the two week obligatory endoscopy , 1887 ( 98.1% ) of the 1923 patients had taken their medication regularly , 29 ( 1.5% ) had taken their medication irregularly , one had stopped medication because of side effects , and information was lacking for the remaining six ( 0.3% ) patients . |
| 4 | At least six types of microfloppy , as the discs are called , of varying size and format are competing for the market . |
| 5 | Michelle , Valerie and June were jumping for the first time , but Kay had two charity parachute jumps under her belt already . |