Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Patten pledged to continue fighting for greater democracy for the colony . |
| 2 | By morning , if anyone troubled to come looking for her , they would probably find her poor , frozen body rooted to the spot by a cage of spindly icicles . |
| 3 | Karen had a cheeseburger and lived to regret opting for it to be well done , as it turned up dry as a bone inside a bap as wrinkled as Sid James ' face . |
| 4 | After discussion with the therapist , Tony agreed to start searching for another job more systematically ; he proposed to look at the local newspapers twice a week for possible job vacancies . |
| 5 | Magistrates agreed to delay sentencing for three months so he could take the holiday . |
| 6 | I managed to stop drinking for four months : I kept a bottle in the house but I never touched it . |
| 7 | Well a way back in the last century they they had to go looking for a life a living elsewhere because of the poverty of the place . |
| 8 | And if she was staying she had to go shopping for groceries . |
| 9 | When he had departed for Benghazi he had left Lord Jellicoe in charge at Kabrit , and on 20 May Jellicoe wrote to MEHQ asking for an order to be issued to the Commando to release the men . |
| 10 | So , I , cos I had to do talking for her and all ! |
| 11 | But if she had to start looking for the owner of the Bentley who , she guessed , was probably somewhere in the hotel , she did n't have a hope of making it in time . |
| 12 | Crow had to start searching for something to eat . |
| 13 | He had to keep looking for new places he had n't fouled up . |
| 14 | He 'd give me money to buy clothes , but I had to keep asking for it . |
| 15 | EVERYTHING IS VOLUNTARY Everyone who wanted to continue working for IBM is working for IBM . |