Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Headmaster was helping prepare for the grand event and was so confident it would be a success , he had contacted a specialist to come to take the Bookman away when caught . |
| 2 | Similarly , in an effort to reach an accommodation with women trade unionists , the NUSEC rejected the traditional nineteenth-century feminist opposition to protective legislation , pledging to work for the extension of such legislation to men rather than opposing it for women . |
| 3 | Our eyes seek out the inhabitants fleeing distracted , or returning to look for the dead . |
| 4 | From the purchasers ' point of view , auctions can also be attractive — if slightly nerve-racking as you wait for bidding to start for the house of your dreams . |
| 5 | A quotation from Charles Lawson Ltd for the impact absorbing surfacing for the perimeter of the sandpit for the Nursery Play Group . |
| 6 | Thus , I spent ten years working for Other Music Papers , never daring to aim for The Big One , editing Record Mirror and blooding young pups like Stuart Bailie and Roger Morton for greater things . |
| 7 | Trotting after her , Frankie automatically rubbed his hand on his trousers before daring to reach for the gloved hand she offered . |
| 8 | He was asked at the Dec. 30 meeting to continue for the two months while new structures were elaborated . |
| 9 | The problem thus faced by those seeking to provide for the United Kingdom 's accession to the European Community was to reconcile such accession with the idea of sovereignty . |
| 10 | In response to your advertisement in the Bedfordshire Reporter , I am writing to apply for the post of secretary/ receptionist . |
| 11 | After 1714 the balance shifted to a point where the King and the Commons had something like mutual vetoes : the King chose the ministers and could normally be sure of not having to put up with a minister he disliked , but the Commons could reject a minister they disliked by refusing to vote for the taxes he proposed , thus pushing the King into dismissing him . |
| 12 | Another notable seizure made by Vigilant was as a result of an operation in 1969 , initiated by the Investigation Branch who had been tipped off by their Dutch colleagues that a suspected smuggling vessel had left Flushing bound for the Kent coast . |
| 13 | This would include a sum , if necessary , for any board and lodging provided for the substitute housekeeper . |
| 14 | Begin this pan with a few seconds of static shot ( remembering to allow for the backspace time ) and continue the shot for a few more seconds when you reach the end of the pan . |
| 15 | In seeking to account for the shortcomings which have previously been identified in respect of our conventional political institutions it may be helpful to make use of a typology developed in a slightly different though related context by Kamenka and Tay ( Kamenka and Tay , 1975 ; Kamenka and Tay , 1980 ) . |
| 16 | In much the same way , she suggested that in the aftermath of the tragedy at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels , the television companies might care to take a long hard look at themselves when seeking to account for the behaviour of the young fans at the European Cup Final : |
| 17 | I am writing to ask for the co-operation of your Institution in a survey of Language in Teacher Education which is being carried out by the NCLE . |
| 18 | Were we on coke when we said , in the summer , that we were going to go for the sonnet ? ’ |
| 19 | Yes , it 's very hard because you get to that stage where you know you can only really push forward for so long , then when it you know , the whistle looms near , you try and you know , you 're just going to go for the result really , and keep it you know , a clean sheet and just get a point out of the game . |
| 20 | What was Rosie going to wear for the ceremony ? |
| 21 | For days the team had sat out harrowing gales and -50C temperatures , waiting to go for the top . |
| 22 | However , if the Institute is going to plan for the needs of 2001 AD , the whole idea of space occupied by books may need to be revised . |
| 23 | Always feel you are going to wait for the club to arrive and keep your head behind the shot . |
| 24 | If you er , if the people of West Sussex a couple of weeks ago , when there was flooding around Chichester , they 're actually going to wait for the waters to evaporate . |
| 25 | Okay so we are , w w we 're now in a position of , certainly by nineteen forty nine we 're , we 're on the verge of power , we want l we , land reform is not taking place any more , there are still some areas in the north it has n't taken place out in the far north west it has n't taken place , so we , we , we are going to need a new land reform document based on all the experience we 've got which will carry us through and , and it 's really that land reform document , document that we are going to implement for the whole of China , and it 's going to be that document which really is going to abolish feudalism and create some sort of equality . |
| 26 | But poor old Wayne Phillips was always going to suffer for the demise of the local hero , unless he got at least 100 in his first trip to the crease . |
| 27 | They only will stand for the same , I do n't think they 're going to stand for the same conditions |
| 28 | Er I told him I was going to try for the Co-op . |
| 29 | The main reason for ceasing to work for the project was that the project itself had no suitable work to offer . |
| 30 | When are you going to play for the Colts ? |