Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three particular issues were addressed : the right , under certain circumstances , to " decompile " an existing computer program a right to take necessary back-up copies a right to copy and adapt including for error correction . |
| 2 | And the owners say allowing for inflation , that 's not enough . |
| 3 | Unless they are given opportunities to express their grief in appropriate ways which can include weeping for loss , they will never be able to acquire the creative energy necessary to find a new job . |
| 4 | After around ten to fifteen years in practice , successful barristers can consider applying for promotion to Queen 's Counsel , known as ‘ silk ’ from the material of which the QC 's formal gown is made . |
| 5 | No one was quite sure whether this was a good idea , however , as some of the old party 's members refused to recognise the new party , though they hedged their bets by saying they might consider applying for membership . |
| 6 | Net it out , semi-anaesthetise it with M5222 or similar , then with the Koi in the bath , gently run your fingers from pelvic fins to vent checking for congestion . |
| 7 | Have you considered applying for research funding from the European Commission ? |
| 8 | Du n no what that is , I mean oh we have n't got a clue , he 's not got a clue on car , do n't know where he 's got that bloody lot from , so besides other things that want checking for MOT , I think he wants them to check |
| 9 | Clearly I had arrived between downpours of the searing acid rain , while none of the local wildlife had come looking for snack in my vicinity . |
| 10 | I suggest that you rapidly review your attitude to your wife 's sexual and emotional needs — before she starts looking for love play elsewhere . |
| 11 | This involved looking for female as well as male sources , and avoiding sexist definitions . |
| 12 | When anything like this happens in Waldron City everybody starts shouting for action , and as they have n't much idea just what kind of action they expect they take it out on the administration , and that means Wilson . |
| 13 | They all agreed to this , and they became so occupied looking for ivy on the walls alongside the lane that they did n't see two boys suddenly come racing round the bend just by Miss Miggs 's cottage . |
| 14 | I 'm sat waiting for mine , ordered yesterday . |
| 15 | The elder brother was shot in the stomach as he knelt pleading for mercy . |
| 16 | It would be highly intelligent to take in the situation instantaneously and choose to stand waiting for death ; but that would be not a reaction but a deliberate act . |
| 17 | ‘ She is so smooth and voluptuous to drive , ’ she gasps slowing for road works . |
| 18 | Make sure the engine is from a road vehicle and not from an industrial application as the fuel injector pump will need recalibrating for road use . |
| 19 | I feel genuinely hostile to an undergraduate ( supposedly one of the best educated people in the country ) who writes asking for sponsorship for some project and who does not know how to begin or end his letter or how to spell the name of the person to whom he is appealing . |
| 20 | Castro later stated that he favoured political and economic integration with Latin America but had not come begging for aid and had not asked for oil supplies to replace the potential loss of shipments from the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | If we are to encourage reading for information , education , and enjoyment , then libraries themselves — the stock , the staff , and accommodation — need to be informative , educative , and enjoyable . |
| 22 | It is ideal as a mulch , where the bacteria can get all the air they want to break it down , but often contains limestone chippings or a residue , and therefore needs watching for use on the acid-lovers . |
| 23 | The department has research interests in : Dynamics ; Fluid Mechanics ; Wave Power ; Electrochemical , laser and ultrasonic machining and related processes ; Process planning for manufacturing ; Robotics and Mechatronics ; Biomechanics . |
| 24 | For the moment the Angevin dominions remained quiet and the new King of France was too busy elsewhere to go looking for trouble . |
| 25 | " Have n't you a great cheek to go looking for bread-soda at this hour of the day ? |
| 26 | I can not remember ever feeling hungry ; you did n't have to go looking for food , you just picked it off the trees . |
| 27 | ‘ When I made inquiries , I was told he was last seen headin' for Castlebar . |
| 28 | It seemed fitting for Thatcherism to end , not with a bang , but with the protracted whimper of a ‘ hung ’ parliament ; with the Tories struggling on for days trying to patch up some squalid deal with the Ulster Unionists , before Neil Kinnock and Paddy Ashdown were driven to 10 Downing Street in their Daimlers . |
| 29 | Maria was last seen shouting for help inside a military jeep that evening . |
| 30 | This is an area for green woodpeckers , which surprisingly are more likely to be seen searching for food on the ground than in the trees . |