Example sentences of "and [v-ing] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must have been about to take a shower , she realised , noticing a towel flung carelessly on to the bed , and seeing for the first time that his shirt was undone almost to the waist , revealing his broad , muscular chest with its lavish covering of silky golden hair . |
| 2 | She 's had a hectic Christmas — one long round of shopping , cleaning and cooking for the entire family , including Malc 's brother and his wife and his mother , who has become confused and forgetful since Dad 's death and Lynda has taken care of her with selfless dedication . |
| 3 | ‘ Is it really worth going somewhere else ? ’ she asked a trifly wistfully , filling her lungs with cool fresh air and realising for the first time that the pavements were damp and it must have been raining . |
| 4 | Working on board can build up a hearty appetite and catering for the 180 crew on board Balder has been managed by P&O Catering . |
| 5 | They chatted quietly about old times — and daring for the first time to talk about the future . |
| 6 | But the complication involved in writing the program and allowing for the high number of physical variables made it impracticable at that time . |
| 7 | But he did miss it ; he thought he had been born homesick ; he certainly thought he had spent most of his life waiting and longing and aching for the Bright Palace where his mother 's people had quarrelled and laughed and made love and war , and where the charming ruthless Wolfkings had woven Ireland 's history . |
| 8 | SFA lists certain criteria to be used to judge relevant experience and understanding for the particular transaction . |
| 9 | And sinking for the sheer novelty |
| 10 | Or maybe it was like the ball in a roulette wheel , bouncing around and looking for the right number … |
| 11 | I 'm living alone now and looking for the next relationship , which I hope will be the last one . |
| 12 | Well , what is a man to do , deprived at a stroke of his habitual daily employment for forty years and living for the first time with his widowed younger sister who is always surveying him for signs of disorder , be they physical , emotional or sartorial , and nagging him about unpunctuality for meals . |
| 13 | Last night , she said she would be taking a play to the Edinburgh Festival and directing for the first time . |
| 14 | Dad 's Army and waiting for the final push — ( l-r ) Hill , Teague ( obscured ) , Winterbottom , Dooley , Probyn and Ackford ( the only one to have retired so far ) . |
| 15 | But much of Operation Gemini is about surveilance , observing known criminals and waiting for the right time to move in and make arrests , of which there have been more than a hundred and twenty since the operation started four weeks ago . |
| 16 | They left within two days of his release , leaving me tired , dazed , relieved and waiting for the Second Son to come ‘ home ’ for yet another week-end . |
| 17 | I hurried along keeping close to a wall and waiting for the inevitable mortar burst that would follow in the path of the jeep . |
| 18 | It felt rather like laying herself in front of an approaching juggernaut and waiting for the inevitable annihilation to follow … |
| 19 | Barton Lynch , sitting out the qualifying rounds and waiting for the main event , recalled the 1988 Billabong , which for the first time had been held at Pipeline . |
| 20 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 21 | It was the people that were being drawn by the nose and paying for the whole thing . |
| 22 | They 've got to keep working and going for the second ball . |
| 23 | Diane Jackson was already on her way past him , and heading for the wide stairway . |
| 24 | Half way up , Springsteen shot through his legs and passed me at about Mach 5 , doing a handbrake turn at the bottom of the stairs and heading for the back door . |
| 25 | A line creeping forward , and a rabble of men leaving the hatch and hurrying for the first bench place they could find . |
| 26 | The entire burden of hatching , feeding and caring for the young cuckoo falls on the hapless foster parents . |
| 27 | When we have left behind the turbulence of adolescence and shed some of the more harrowing demands of responsibility for making careers and caring for the next generation , we may seek opportunities to assess our lives and face its later stages with some serenity . |
| 28 | Teachers regard time for cooperative planning to be crucial to effective learning and teaching for the wide range of ability their pupils have . |
| 29 | Your friend awaits you , I think , ’ he added , nodding towards the courtyard where Iris was standing beside Melissa 's car , and speaking for the first time in faultless English instead of French . |
| 30 | Determined , eager , brave and lusting for the real thing , |