Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what the fucking hell are you doing here apologizing for apologizing for a drug . |
| 2 | She heard him fumbling about looking for the lamp switch and then he found it . |
| 3 | We will also help the people often left out of good training opportunities , including the disabled , women returning after caring for children , and those with special educational needs . |
| 4 | If this means returning to hanging for theft ; workhouses for the deserving poor and the streets for the undeserving ; the exploitation of the poor by the wealthy ; overcrowded , insanitary housing for the majority and opulence for the few ; of course we would reject it . |
| 5 | Well do n't go wandering off looking for it Mick , you 're alright . |
| 6 | Advocacy projects are beginning to emerge , with young-old people often acting as advocates for people with illnesses like dementia or stroke who can not articulate their needs . |
| 7 | Some years ago , when looking for wrapping for specimens in the Scottish National Museum , I found some dirty old papers lying on a bench . |
| 8 | And therefore the schools should remember this when looking into going for other options , which may mean there 's very little difference between them and the D S O , and the fact that th that the profits made by the D S O will be lost if they have n't got that contract , and I think that 's a very important point that they should take on , and I think a lot of schools miss out on that particular idea . |
| 9 | There have been people writing in asking for her fans to stop making excuses for her . |
| 10 | The patient may not be abandoned ; but the care given must change from treating for living to treating for dying . |
| 11 | Shadreck Ndlovu , a former member of the Zimbabwean paramilitary forces , was sentenced to 42 years ' imprisonment on June 1 , 1990 , after confessing to spying for South Africa on the Zimbabwean Army and the ANC between September 1989 and May 1990 . |
| 12 | That 's why we 're looking at charging for motorways , bringing the cost of motor vehicles in line with that of other modes of transport . |
| 13 | Attempts to make the arts accountable by submitting them to forms of assessment which properly belong elsewhere may actually make them appear wanting by looking for inappropriate forms of proof . |
| 14 | One of my in fact was I can remember , I went up when I was first er paying for paying for an annual ticket with their bus passes and eight pound for a single ticket for us er for our quarterly ticket . |
| 15 | ‘ He was going tae got for Big Lurch ? ’ |
| 16 | The heart will benefit most from the kind of exercise that builds up stamina — the ability to keep going without gasping for breath . |
| 17 | And he was saying that it 's erm a speaking dic dictionary , that 's what they 're going to researching for |
| 18 | Plants tend to grow big and lush on heavy soils , a feature worth enhancing by going for vigorous species . |
| 19 | Her other interests include classical music , the care of the elderly and the handicapped particularly with British Polio Fellowship and helping with riding for the disabled at the Diamond Riding Centre , Carshalton . |
| 20 | By noon , he could hardly stand , let alone tramp over the moor , and he stumbled about , muttering away in Gaelic , complaining about working for a bunch of foreigners who had usurped his rightful King . |
| 21 | Speaking before leaving for Dublin , Dr Alderdice said : ‘ The agenda will include the serious security situation , the talks stalemate and how to get political progress . ’ |
| 22 | They merely supplement them , as the original qualities of food supplement the effects of cooking in accounting for the properties of the finished dish . |
| 23 | Amid interruptions from the telephone and boys coming into to ask for help , he talked about the parish , which is the poorest in Los Angeles . |
| 24 | For some organisations specialising in catering for certain kinds of " event " , or for some operating in certain regions , these seasons are more pronounced than for others . |
| 25 | lo I 've got this big problem really about people like you coming on asking for pianos . |
| 26 | to go running around looking for help . |
| 27 | Always check the area you are sailing into to allow for the time when you will be facing battlements but when you crouch in the middle of the boat , do keep an eye on the boom or you 'll end up with a nasty bump on the head . |
| 28 | They had decided , the previous evening , after Cain and Abel and How the Camel Got his Hump , that every day Willie would get up a little earlier than usual to practise writing and reading before leaving for school . |
| 29 | Being a cautious kind of chap , I decided to make a phone call before reaching before reaching for my cheque book . |
| 30 | Thiercelin and Lefevre found themselves received at their billet with almost embarrassing cordiality , the householder , Herr Bauer , and his wife insisting upon catering for their every need , whilst regaling them with complaints of Hapsburg perfidy and the brutality of their Russian allies . |