Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concurrent reading reduced the rate of tapping more for the right than for the left finger . |
| 2 | We may define ‘ egoism ’ as the principle of acting only for the goals to which one inclines from one 's own viewpoint , and suggest two directions from which it might be approached . |
| 3 | Instead of dressing warmly for the elements , the bikers end up at the summit of popular hills dressed like Paul Weller in a Style Council video . |
| 4 | Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’ |
| 5 | For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds . |
| 6 | Jack fell quickly into the routine of looking out for the absurdities in his father 's speech to put into a P'dayta-Pie for Warnie ; but he had no heart for it . |
| 7 | Conflicting reports on Oct. 23 suggested , however , that Schiphol air traffic controllers had in fact erred in advising the pilot to circle Amsterdam instead of heading directly for the airport before making an emergency landing . |
| 8 | There also lay embedded in the system the inequality of paying not for the job but for the qualifications : degrees received a year 's extra increment and as a result earnings differentials rose . |
| 9 | So instead of waiting indefinitely for a buyer , they have decided to try selling their house by auction . |
| 10 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 11 | Philip Larkin , a life-long bachelor , memorialised that dilemma in ‘ Vers de société ’ ( 1971 ) , a short poem where the conclusion , though finely balanced , is only marginally in favour of going out for the evening . |
| 12 | Paddlers are then faced with the choice of going upstream for a mile to Broomhill Bridge or downstream 3 miles to Grantown-on-Spey to lift out . |
| 13 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 14 | so I 'm thinking of staying there for a while |
| 15 | Even after they moved , and that 's ten years ago now , she would make a point of coming up for the children 's party , at Christmas . ’ |
| 16 | He just said he was thinking of coming home for a couple of days , if that was all right . |
| 17 | ‘ Fans just go straight home instead of coming in for a drink . |
| 18 | … she jumps out of the car and runs ; instead of running efficiently for the fortress like the others , she ‘ ran not looking where she was going ’ and consequently tripped and fell . |
| 19 | The hon. Lady had the advantage of slipping out for an hour , when no doubt she managed to get hold of that news . |
| 20 | Planning policies tend to run behind developments and trends , and all too often the planning machine has given the impression of existing more for the benefit of those who run it ( professionals and politicians ) than those who are served by it . |
| 21 | As you may know , FAMILY GO TOWN have the unenviable task of warming up for the Inspirals on the current tour and in an effort to be matey , after the Nottingham gig , Graham started chatting away to a bunch of people he took to be the support group . |
| 22 | But if , if if this is the strategy which is being adopted in broadly it is being adopted I mean I 'm , I 'm not just sort of arguing just for the sake of arguing , it is |
| 23 | There was no message from the police captain , and he was on the point of leaving again for the City of Dreams when a rickshaw , its linen sunscreens pulled down around the passenger seat , rushed into the square and stopped by him , blocking his path . |
| 24 | Santos preaches the virtues of working legitimately for a crust and our hero merely sneers until he spies the seductive posterior of Amber Evans ( Stacey Dash ) , follows her into her swanky office and obtains a job in the mailroom despite having a criminal record to rival Al Capone . |
| 25 | After parting from Madame Gebrec , Melissa returned to the library with the intention of working there for the rest of the afternoon , but time and again she found her mind straying from the accounts of former religious wars and the acts of unbelievable cruelty committed by both sides to the more recent clash of ideologies which , it seemed to her , differed from the old in little but the relative sophistication of the weaponry . |