Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | What possible reason could a sane man have for thanking her for an evening that had never happened ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ENGLISH football is bracing itself for an invasion of South African soccer talent . |
| 9 | He himself had drunk one quick light beer before excusing himself for an early night . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , single mothers will sit and watch the TV and watch the advertisements which all show either happy couples or one single person doing something for an unseen other : ironing his shirts , organising their mortgage , driving his Audi to visit her . |
| 11 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
| 12 | The priest whom she eventually accosted took one look at her , an ill-proportioned , arrogant child with cheap clips in her gaudy hair , and started grilling her for an address . |
| 13 | She 's been recording us for an hour |
| 14 | It 's cos you 're using it for an improper |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In 1973 a Mossad hit squad went to Norway and murdered an innocent Moroccan mistaking him for an alleged Arab terrorist . |
| 17 | BRAZIL 's hospitals are bracing themselves for an epidemic of dengue , an acutely infectious disease caused by a virus . |
| 18 | When she finally shook herself away , she found herself sailing into yet more stagnant waters , for there , directly in her way , unavoidable , smiling passively , uncomfortably , yet unavoidably , was Lady Henrietta , dutifully offering herself for an exchange with her hostess . |
| 19 | If the craving returned , I could cope by contemplating it for an hour or two , until it went away . |
| 20 | But now they 're filming it for an appreciative video audience |