Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [pron] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 2 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |
| 3 | Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning . |
| 4 | The shortage of labour forced the landowners to change their methods of exploiting their estates , most obviously in the abandonment of direct cultivation of the demesne by the lord 's paid men in favour of leasing it out for a cash rent . |
| 5 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 6 | Now then , I like the new look — ’ Sarella had had her hair cropped ‘ — and was thinking of putting you in for the ingénue , but I 'm having second thoughts . ’ |
| 7 | I waited for another few seconds and then crossed the landing to my own flat where I completed my own process of locking myself in for the night . |