Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Worth seeing for the performances , especially those of George T Odom , Ann D Sanders and Rich himself . |
2 | then they , it 'll be a mega band for singing for an hour , hour and a half , but what they 've speculated is that , Queen 's gon na be on there for an hour , hour and a half and then the |
3 | If the view is taken that ‘ civil disputes are a matter of private concern of the parties involved , and may even be regarded as their private property … and that the parties are themselves the best judges of how to pursue and serve their own interests in the conduct and control of their respective cases , free from the directions of or intervention by the court , ’ forms of alternative dispute resolution must be considered as worth pursuing for the control that is provided to the parties over their dispute . |
4 | So what the fucking hell are you doing here apologizing for apologizing for a drug . |
5 | Still , Stanley and Iris is well worth catching for the sincerity of its performances and the at least partial originality of its subject matter . |
6 | Scarlet had thrown away all her old aluminium pans since she had learned that they might cause Alzheimer 's disease , and she never used tap water for cooking for the same reason . |
7 | But the motive for praying for the saints is to equip them to minister in the world . |
8 | They found a significant negative correlation between returns during trading for the S&P500 and the subsequent returns during trading for the Nikkei Stock Average . |
9 | They found a significant negative correlation between returns during trading for the S&P500 and the subsequent returns during trading for the Nikkei Stock Average . |
10 | He never forgave the chemist ( Sir ) Edward Frankland [ q.v. ] , who had been a colleague , for appearing for the prosecution . |
11 | How could you possibly enjoy yourself if that meant taking time off praying for the holy souls ? |
12 | In 1969 he was fined £25 at Dunfermline Sheriff Court and was disqualified for driving for a year for failing to give police a blood or urine sample . |
13 | Our idea — which would involve wheeling a building large enough to cover London 's Tower Bridge over the damaged reactor — gained us a $ prize and , more importantly , an automatic place on the short list for bidding for the 3 million ECU feasibility contract . |
14 | Man City 0 , Spurs 1 PETER REID will soon be signing a new contract at Maine Road , But the City manager could do with signing a player as well , if all the words about challenging for the title are to mean anything . |
15 | No new rights to such material are given by the Act but it does standardise the procedure for applying for a warrant to obtain such material . |
16 | The procedure for applying for a transfer is prescribed by Sched. 2 , Part Ill . |
17 | The dominant reason for applying for a particular course was vocational ( see Table 1 ) . |
18 | The procedure for applying for the prerogative remedies of certiorari , prohibition and mandamus is contained in Order 53 of the Rules of the Supreme Court ( RSC ) , some provisions of which have been re-enacted in statutory form in section 31 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
19 | Similarly , if one is being asked a series of routine questions for some purpose such as applying for an insurance policy , one might reply to each question of a series like ‘ Have you ever been in prison ? ’ , |
20 | But the disc is probably worth purchasing for the Weill alone , a work which Klemperer commissioned from the composer after attending and enjoying performances of the Dreigroschenoper in Berlin in 1929 . |
21 | Sylvia had rung up me about booking for a meal and I thought , originally they talked about going a Friday night , and they said , Friday and Saturday are fully booked for the next five weeks . |
22 | There 's nothing complicated about applying for a Midland Personal Loan . |
23 | There is nothing complicated about applying for a Midland Car Loan . |
24 | There is nothing complicated about applying for a Midland home Management Account . |
25 | There is nothing complicated about applying for a Midland High Interest Deposit Bond . |
26 | The parties are later sent by post either a summary decision or a full written decision as soon as it has been typed up and signed by the chairman , which is accompanied by information about applying for a review of the decision and of appealing to the Employment Appeal Tribunal . |
27 | Oh , you ai n't heard no more about applying for the hospital for a job yet then ? |
28 | Most of the day-to-day trade came from the man in the street , and it would be wrong to infer that every coffin-maker and funeral furnisher hungered after catering for the top end of the market . |
29 | Mildred had bought a mask which featured hair made from uncarded sheep 's wool , and which had produced moths only after hanging for a year on the landing of her staircase . |
30 | After struggling for a moment to stop it , I screamed and dropped the lot . |