Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drawing of lines between right and wrong [ or duty and obligation ] is being overshadowed by the need for cooperative adjustment and common improvement among States competing for limited resources . |
| 2 | Silently they hugged each other , with Edward trembling for both of them . |
| 3 | Oh look , it 's Richard Branson going for another record in his big balloon — go on , bomb the bearded bigwig ! |
| 4 | They both predict a Portsmouth win , Symons opting for 1–0 . |
| 5 | In 1967 , a progressive candidate , backed by the Communist Party , won the elections , but again the military fraudulently imposed their own candidate , The PCS split , with Salvador Cayetano Carpio opting for armed struggle . |
| 6 | Not Beethoven playing for everyday listening perhaps , but rather a fine wine , to be pondered over , and deliberated upon at length before its true quality most fully reveals itself . |
| 7 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 8 | The only positive aspect is that since it attracts the seediest sort of tourist , it keeps them all in one place like a gigantic concrete fly-paper , and stops them wandering all over the unspoiled parts of the Highlands looking for go-cart tracks and timeshare chalets . |
| 9 | A bilateral deal was also agreed between Germany and Russia providing for Russian counter-guarantees , enabling the German export credit agency Hermes to resume credit guarantees for German exporters . |
| 10 | The Labour and Socialist International had issued a declaration on 19 February calling for joint action between the German Social Democrats and Communists to defeat Hitler . |
| 11 | New type was badly needed , which meant Hart searching for new faces , as Bishop John Fell [ q.v. ] had done two centuries earlier . |
| 12 | That could n't be Patterson calling for Airborne yet , but it might well be Airborne out on another document delivery somewhere else . |
| 13 | Most of this migration took place along colonial lines — Argentinians such as Alfredo Di Stefano playing for Real Madrid in Spain , Eusebio of Mozambique playing in Portugal for Benfica . |
| 14 | One nationalist leader read out a list of ‘ traitors ’ on Belgrade Television , mostly Serbs working for Serbian radio and TV . |
| 15 | Eddie gunning for top job : |
| 16 | The days are long and difficult for 62 year old Fred Robson waiting for vital heart surgery . |
| 17 | At Christie 's , with Lord Carrington watching for much of the sale , bidding from three British and American dealers in the room competed with a telephone bidder for Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione 's ‘ Drovers by a pool ’ . |
| 18 | TANDY LOOKING FOR THREE MORE BUYERS |
| 19 | TASTING the wines of France is just one event on the agenda for a twinning organisation on Teesside looking for new members . |
| 20 | Cameron sensed Menzies waiting for some words — any words . |
| 21 | One report will suffice for July and August making for 11 Reports per year . |
| 22 | But Mr Jones said there was little likelihood of Airtours returning for another tilt at a takeover in a year 's time , which it is entitled to do , given the Cook stake . |
| 23 | Right so , you know , there are those who would teach that Jesus he would die for our sins and he 's forgiven us sins , but only those who come to him , Jesus died for the sin of the whole world , for every man , woman , boy and girl that has ever lived or ever will live , he died for the sin of the whole world , not just for those even who lived after his death , that 's why it talks about in the Old Testament people like Abraham looking for that day , and so Jesus who in , when he died , because he 's eternal , so we 've got the problems with time , God has n't got problems with time , he 's eternal and so his sacrifice , the sacrifice of him on the cross was effective for Abraham as it is for you , it was as effective for David as it was for Paul otherwise Abraham would never of had his sins forgiven because what happened with all the sacrifice with all the little lambs that were killed and all the goats and all the rest they only acted as a covering for sin , did n't take them away , it covered them , what for , until the moment when Jesus would come and would take those sins away and so when you think of David 's sin , his adultery and his murder , how does he get forgiven for that because Jesus died from the cross and he takes upon himself David 's sin and he takes upon him Abraham 's sin and Noah 's sin and Adam 's sin , just as much as your sin and the person who will be born in ten years time their sin also , all our sins er as Gloria just read there from , from one John to two they were all of him he has died for every one , well that 's his humiliation , hurry along quickly now his exhortation , the period from Jesus 's resurrection onward is referred to as to the , as the state of exhortation , now what does that term mean , well as Jesus according to his divine nature has always been , he was always every where , now in his human nature , before , be , sorry it 's not , it 's not on that one , but before he , he came to earth , he was every where , he was God , he was , he was omnia present that means he was every where at the same time , but he takes upon himself he 's su , he 's , he 's human nature and he takes upon himself the limitations and when Jesus is walking down second avenue in , in Jerusalem he 's not in Nazareth that 's why there were times when people came to er , to , to , came rushing out because they heard that Jesus was passing by , see he was n't there resident with them , he passed by , now he 's gone back to heaven and where is he , he 's in heaven , he , er whereabouts , where do you think Jesus is now , that resurrected body that was glorified that has gone back to heaven , where do you think it is |
| 24 | Racing : Sangster aiming for Classic double |
| 25 | And for the benefit of those readers who are persuaded by his arguments ( and those who are not , too ) , may I refer you to a letter from Simon Kyte appealing for financial and professional help for the Humanitarian Appeal for Victims of the Yugoslav Civil War . |
| 26 | especially with Sunderland fighting for Second Division survival . |
| 27 | MOTOROLA LOOKING FOR WIDE MARKET FOR POWERPC |
| 28 | ‘ United have been enjoying a decent run and will arrive at Pittodrie looking for both points , ’ said Miller , who has told his players to forget all about their recent Scottish Cup win over McLean 's team . |
| 29 | One day , just as he is about to throw himself off a cliff , he sees Custer riding for Little Big Horn . |
| 30 | We then have Mel , Kelly and Jobson fighting for 1 place . |