Example sentences of "and [v-ing] for the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In deaf clubs and institutes throughout the country , there was also much fund-raising and knitting for the armed services . |
| 2 | He also spoke of lying awake and listening for the flying bombs , and noting the difference in volume between one explosion and another , and then , on hearing one more definite in sound , concluding that , as in the old artillery box-barrage , they had at last ‘ got the range ’ . |
| 3 | Naturally , apart from the accusation of hypocrisy and of letting Britain solve its marriage problems , the government ends up being accused of allowing divorce for the wealthy and none for the poor , as the cost of going to and staying in Britain and paying for the legal procedures is beyond the pockets of the majority . |
| 4 | In discourse analysis , as in pragmatics , we are concerned with what people using language are doing , and accounting for the linguistic features in the discourse as the means employed in what they are doing . |
| 5 | A Charter making Stockport a free borough was granted by the Earl of Chester in about 1220 ; and a second Charter granted in 1260 gave the right to hold a market each Friday and an annual Fair , commencing on St. Wilfred 's Day and running for the seven days following . |
| 6 | They had two ways — cheek to cheek for the ‘ smoochy ’ tunes , and jiving for the lively ones . |