Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for more " in BNC.
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| 1 | After tossing restlessly for more than an hour , Fran got up and crept from the room and down the stairs , hoping that a cup of tea would soothe her nerves . |
| 2 | he must be maybe he 's looking out for more work , I admire |
| 3 | Throughout the entire 50 minutes of grilling on low heat , Judd Lander sits nervously , looking around for more people to ask questions . |
| 4 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 5 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 6 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
| 7 | When they returned with one last load Bicker stopped them -from going out for more . |
| 8 | I can count the number of trout that I have taken from this lovely loch on the fingers of one hand and blank days are the rule , but I keep going back for more . |
| 9 | He 'd just stopped going back for more . |
| 10 | Time dulls the memory , though , and we keep going back for more . |
| 11 | Go for local dishes and you 'll find yourself going back for more . |
| 12 | Many of them enjoyed their work experience in Picardy so much they are going back for more in their summer holidays . |
| 13 | Keep going back for more and more . |
| 14 | In what , the chairman of the working party responsible for it and president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland , described as ‘ the most fundamental change in audit reporting probably for more than a generation ’ , the SAS seeks to close the so-called expectations gap and bring practice into line with recommendations of the report of the Cadbury committee on corporate governance , of which was also a member . |
| 15 | This leaves those who are holding out for more in a very unfavourable position . |
| 16 | I once saw this same beseeching looseness of eye and mouth in the face of a ragged little faggot on Sunset Boulevard , scorched and peed-on and limping back for more . |
| 17 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table — and final agreement was reached barely 48 hours before Wednesday 17 , opening day of the San Francisco event . |
| 18 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table . |
| 19 | Always considered a soft touch for your face , these products have currently been coming in for more scrutiny . |
| 20 | The largest slice of our cash comes from the ‘ Charity Shop ’ and so we wish to express our thanks to all those involved with it — those who give goods to sell — those who staff it — those why buy and keep on coming back for more . |
| 21 | People see that as good value for money and keep coming back for more ’ . |
| 22 | Yet he has walked 130 miles with Botham and is coming back for more next week . |
| 23 | I rarely see any of them coming back for more . ’ |
| 24 | The advertisement for the video equivalent of the Mills and Boon novel declares : ‘ Because they 're a branded series , your customers will see one and keep coming back for more ( it may be a new concept in video , but publishers like IPC and Mills and Boon have been doing very nicely on it for years ) ’ ; thus heralding a new departure for the form . |
| 25 | No matter how dismally he fared , he kept coming back for more . |
| 26 | You took all of the abuse , the failures and disappointments , and kept on coming back for more . |
| 27 | Well she 's coming back for more . |
| 28 | The acquisition of the Baltics , and post-war policy in Eastern Europe are areas crying out for more honesty . |
| 29 | And incredibly , users at the top end are still crying out for more power because IBM failed to keep its promise of increasing performance at a rate that would keep it ahead of customer demand . |
| 30 | Instead of offloading underperforming RISC machines on its customers — thousands of which were crying out for more power — it rushed to boost the power of its obsolete 16-bit processor by every tweak possible , and virtually gave the things away . |