Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 2 | Finally , I read yesterday that some managers , most noticably the two Scots that were in Wembley at the weekend , are talking about banning transfers after the season start and only allowing them for a limited period over Christmas . |
| 3 | The principal method is the study of hoards , since coins have frequently been deposited in hoards for safe-keeping and their owners have often been prevented from recovering them for a variety of reasons such as death or forgetfulness . |
| 4 | If you have gas or coal fires , and can avoid using them for a while , it would be a useful addition to this list . |
| 5 | Photographing them for an interval gives portions of particle paths , which , if short enough , can be used to synthesize a streamline pattern even in unsteady flow ( e.g. Fig. 3.7 ) . |
| 6 | Last week , I received a touching postcard from a recently divorced friend in Bonn thanking me for a letter . |
| 7 | At least that way I would n't have got a note thanking me for a ‘ wonderful evening ’ that never happened . ’ |
| 8 | Thanking someone for a compliment |
| 9 | Round , high-cheeked , boyish but with a scholar 's high brow , it was the face of a man of twenty-seven years of age nerving himself for an extreme deed , a supreme effort of will . |
| 10 | For example : I 'm sorry to keep pressing you for an answer but we do need to make a decision if we are to avoid being the last in the market with this product : Is it to be A or B ? ’ |
| 11 | Married but childfree , she 's gearing herself for a sad goodbye to her 20s . |
| 12 | If Duke Egeus did not ask Hermia to choose between Demetrius and life in a nunnery in Act 1 , there would be no point pressing her for an answer four acts later . |
| 13 | A furtive junior diplomat bowing and scraping his way out of the interview section of the Lefortovo , ogling the KGB man and thanking him for a fifteen-minute access to a prisoner for whom the key was now thrown far away . |
| 14 | What possible reason could a sane man have for thanking her for an evening that had never happened ? |
| 15 | ENGLAND manager Graham Taylor is faces up to the most important year of his career , already bracing himself for a row which could undermine his World Cup plans . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , the Chancellor was bracing himself for a furious political storm when he unveils his autumn package on Thursday , including a mystery ‘ fiscal package ’ ministers are remaining tight-lipped about . |
| 17 | Mrs Verity 's expenditure turned out to be far more than she guessed and their decisions were also affected because the bank was overcharging them for a time . |
| 18 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 19 | Similarly , ‘ vocational ’ training was regarded more as a means of making prisoners work hard than of training them for a task to which they were individually suited . |
| 20 | Kruger collected 7,582 points at Sheffield , where Brannen decided to withdraw after eight events , saving himself for a multi-events meeting at Stoke this week , where he hopes to battle his way to the top of the rankings . |
| 21 | What 's the point in saving everything for a comfortable old age if you 're suffering hardship now ? |
| 22 | ‘ Who indeed ? ’ she asked , not believing him for a minute , ‘ But rather arrogant of you to assume I would be willing to be caught . ’ |
| 23 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
| 24 | Rachel Still , 23 — who was living with a boyfriend in Wilmslow , Cheshire — drove off with husband Phillip after meeting him for a talk . |
| 25 | Presumably wedding presents will form the basis of their ‘ equipment ’ , but I do n't think Rosie minds roughing it for a while . |
| 26 | They 'll miss him , like they missed many of their first team players who 're saving themselves for a vital league game next week . |
| 27 | She had stayed there , always conscious that she was preparing herself for an existence of unutterable boredom , and was one of an enormous number of women who were training themselves for an ‘ if I do n't marry ’ life . |
| 28 | The city was bracing itself for a party to beat them all , but the Spaniards decided to re-write the script . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Belfast is bracing itself for a vicious war between rival republican terror groups over drugs . |
| 30 | ENGLISH football is bracing itself for an invasion of South African soccer talent . |