Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 2 | ‘ But after rowing about it for ages , I came home from work the other day and it was n't on . |
| 3 | Gorbad drove his wolf chariot straight at the Count , its three slavering wolves leaping as one for their enemy 's throat . |
| 4 | ‘ Hurry , ’ he urged , checking behind him for witnesses , but she had one more question . |
| 5 | Easy to get carried away if someone is bidding against you for a particular fish . |
| 6 | Later , via a university revue at the Edinburgh Festival , he met Terry Jones and began co-writing with him for The Frost Report . |
| 7 | Crowding round him for a share are , from left to right , Rousseau , Poupee and Héra ( her tiny son Hector just visible on her belly ) . |
| 8 | But , and then he , he 's like , we left him on the sofa and said oh Mark we 'll be back in a minute , like , turned all the lights off hoping he 'll like pass out you could just hear him like laughing to himself for another like twenty minutes and we 're |
| 9 | That has brought a great deal of success , because the French Government are now taking the tough measures that we have been pressing on them for 10 years . |
| 10 | Typical of the kind of pain Dustin would put himself through , in order to get ‘ inside ’ a character , was the way in which he developed Ratso 's limp by placing stones in one shoe and then walking on them for a day . |
| 11 | Both bodies publish application forms recommended for use when applying to them for the appointment of experts or arbitrators : copies of the forms are reproduced in Appendices G and H. The Law Society has also published its requested procedure : see [ 1986 ] Law Society 's Gazette 2542 , reprinted in Appendix B. It is important that applicants follow the procedure of applying on prescribed forms . |
| 12 | For example , if someone gave as their hobbies on their CV only reading and chess , and they were applying to you for a job where they would be working with the public , might you not have doubts about that person ? |
| 13 | But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me . |
| 14 | Look for small animals attached to the leaf or crowding around it for food . |
| 15 | Matt 's been looking through it for us , I 've not had a chance to look at it yet . |
| 16 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 17 | No one would start looking for me for hours ; not until after dark . |
| 18 | looking for one for the |
| 19 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 20 | He says we 've had wide and varied enquiries — especially from London-based purchasers looking for something for the weekend — something he can tell his friends ’ Well actually I live in a turreted folly in the Cotswolds ! ’ … |
| 21 | Now I 'm looking for something for Penny , which is n't very expensive but nice , you know . |
| 22 | For example , if you are looking for something for your in-foal mare , choose a supplement which has been made specifically for this purpose such as Medi Equus stud formula . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've been looking for you for ages , ’ he said . |
| 24 | We 've been looking for you for some months . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for days , now , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for years — Prince Charming . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been beating the bushes looking for you for hours ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been looking for it for years , but I 'm not in charge of promotion and the people senior to me in my department are some of the most brilliant minds in England , and elsewhere for that matter . ’ |
| 30 | You have been looking for it for eight years . |