Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Launching his bid for B.A.T Industries last year , Sir James Goldsmith argued that the tobacco-to-insurance group 's headquarters team subtracted , rather than added , value . |
| 32 | LAUNCHING his bid for the deputy leadership , Mr John Prescott was on his best behaviour yesterday . |
| 33 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 34 | He tried to maintain a friendly , businesslike relationship with her , keeping his love for her out of sight , until the right moment came to propose again . |
| 35 | The Eire international looks like keeping his place for tomorrow 's visit of League champions Leeds . |
| 36 | ‘ Naturally , I arranged for the bill to be sent to Ibrox , ’ he added , barely disguising his contempt for dull issues like club discipline . |
| 37 | Oxford United will be announcing their new manager in the morning — we 'll be revealing his name for the first time , tonight on Central News . |
| 38 | He began by explaining his mission for AEA and whether he saw that it had been accomplished . |
| 39 | Basing his research for the book on over 100 interviews , Canon Elvy concludes that one of the major stumbling blocks for Christian broadcasting in Europe is that ‘ Christians in the European media are suffering from a lack of questions ’ . |
| 40 | Stephen Windsor is challenging his conviction for armed robbery and attempted murder . |
| 41 | SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale was last night starting the tough task of rebuilding his squad for a promotion push next season . |
| 42 | ‘ But all of it , ’ the Dean says firmly , checking his watch for his next appointment , ‘ all of it is to the glory of God . |
| 43 | But a new EC directive is in danger of denying our support for some of the most exciting organic wines . |
| 44 | Of course there is no possible denying our need for people so educated that they may fill the jobs that are at present unfilled , or offered to people from other countries , because of our own shortage of skilled and competent technologists . |
| 45 | If you foolishly persist in pressing your claim for custody , you 'll be wasting both your time and your money . |
| 46 | If such stipulations are made for so mundane a practice as motoring , they would seem to be reasonable precautions for protecting our environment for the rest of time from possible damage by man-made creatures . |
| 47 | We think you will be surprised at the remarkable effect this relatively modest-looking quantity of food will have in satisfying your appetite for really long periods . |
| 48 | Excellent as the tutor/student relationship may be , it has failed if the teacher , in satisfying your thirst for knowledge , has not taught you to depend on yourself . |
| 49 | As you do so , try to build up a system of classification , explaining your basis for making distinctions . |
| 50 | ‘ Aye , after a battle once you have recited your thanksgivings , or prior to a campaign , while you are girding your soul for a crusade as now , as blessedly now — many of you may yearn to kneel in your cell with saw and magnilens , with rasp and buffing wheel and carbide graver , with brush and inkhorn . |
| 51 | Finish deving your print for the remainder of your dev. time . |
| 52 | Finish deving your print for the remainder of your dev. time . |
| 53 | All I 'm doing is trading your debt for your time . ’ |
| 54 | It 's like you not painting your house for years and waiting for the glass to fall out of the windows before you start … it 's not the way to do things |
| 55 | Pick up your car in Kuala Lumpur , then take to the road , booking your hotel for the following night as you go . |
| 56 | Helen believed that their acquaintance would ripen into a warm friendship , equalling her affection for Jane Aldis , but did not believe that she and Edward could ever fall in love , so convinced was she of her own ‘ ordinariness ’ . |
| 57 | In the middle of this pother of boots , brothers , and boisterous behaviour , Leonora Hussey came in from the hall , greeting her daughter and chiding her husband for being so late back . |
| 58 | The gifts were tokens of the wishes of the tribal chiefs and took the form of gold and silver bullion , reflecting their need for more power and prestige , and weapons to gain greater martial success against other tribes in the annual border affrays . |
| 59 | They gave such lyrical names to almost every place they seized , thus perpetuating their memory for ever . |
| 60 | Why was she telling him this , reliving her humiliation for his vicarious enjoyment ? |