Example sentences of "[pers pn] [v-ing] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once she kept me hanging around for an hour and a half , which might sound like a backward step , but you have to remember she was sitting in a place of her own choice , and was taking it all in . |
| 2 | I going round for a collection too . |
| 3 | No , the , the , the extension of them going up for the cup and all , that 's what it was . |
| 4 | What are you sniffing about for eh ? |
| 5 | He saw her in the doorway , and said , ‘ What are you hanging around for ? ’ |
| 6 | What are you what are you hanging about for ? |
| 7 | Why , you going up for a Chinese ? |
| 8 | Are you going out for breakfast ? |
| 9 | Are you going out for an evening meal , or ? |
| 10 | Yeah I know it 's easier no you must feel really gutted , I mean I would I know , because as you said , you going out for ten months yeah exactly , yeah , exactly I mean come on you really liked him fancied him loved him oh wow , I said love , love love , I do n't know love hey man yeah yeah it 's probably , you know like when you dumped him for Danny it 's just probably like that yeah exactly exactly , so do n't worry oh come on he ca n't give up ten months for nothing I know it has to end someday , but it does n't I mean it 's like everyone thinks like that , it really annoys me , everybody , right who 's about our age yeah , they just go out with someone knowing that one day it 's gon na end , they 're just waiting for the day , and that you know , you should go out with someone with the intentions of being with them forever I know that sounds pathetic , but it 's true , yeah I know , yeah exactly yeah , yeah I know , why do you think I said it ? |
| 11 | ‘ Are n't you going in for the Swimming Gala ? ’ |
| 12 | It 's no use you waiting about for him . |
| 13 | What exactly are you rushing back for ? |
| 14 | ‘ Are you heading off for a dirty weekend with the managing director ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What are you fidgeting around for ? ’ |
| 16 | What are you getting up for ? |
| 17 | What about , is it a big hassle you getting in for nine ? |
| 18 | What were you calling out for ? |
| 19 | Taking a break from country hideaways , we hunted for a retreat in central London for those of you staying over for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition treat ( see page 150 ) . |
| 20 | Is she staying on for another couple of Luxembourg performances ? |
| 21 | what you moving out for ? |
| 22 | ‘ What are you holding out for ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You coming in for a nightcap ? ’ he asked . |
| 24 | She says are you coming down for Christmas and I said I do n't know yet . |
| 25 | keep you ticking over for the moment |
| 26 | A sedentary existence or a job that keeps you standing around for hours is liable to encourage a poor circulation as well as allowing the buttock and thigh muscles to become weak and flabby , making cellulite much worse . |
| 27 | What you digging around for you got some worm or some valium or something |
| 28 | ‘ Why are you covering up for Matthew Choak ? ’ |
| 29 | It was in this way that Maurice , with the two of them clinging on for dear life , put out on the tide . |
| 30 | There should be no more nonsense about one or other of them moving out for a matter of days or weeks only for the unsatisfactory relationship to resume just as unsatisfactorily as before . |