Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | So instead of waiting indefinitely for a buyer , they have decided to try selling their house by auction . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | so I 'm thinking of staying there for a while |
| 6 | He just said he was thinking of coming home for a couple of days , if that was all right . |
| 7 | ‘ Fans just go straight home instead of coming in for a drink . |
| 8 | 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 . |