Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [pron] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly , a hard-pressed politician could occasionally borrow a cadetship or other appointment from another director , promising to repay the loan in a future year , but the small size of the Indian official class meant that such a practice of burdening oneself for the future could be hazardous . |
| 2 | Similarly , ‘ vocational ’ training was regarded more as a means of making prisoners work hard than of training them for a task to which they were individually suited . |
| 3 | Finally , one other began to use heroin almost by default in that he and a friend bought heroin with the specific aim of selling it for a profit . |
| 4 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 6 | It 's just a matter of hoarding them for a discount on your Sovereign holiday . |
| 7 | ‘ If I speak to Nerina , ’ said Bernard , whose blood pressure was so low there was talk of admitting him for a day or so , ‘ she might lift the curse . |
| 8 | He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ . |
| 9 | It is not just a question of exchanging one for the other . |