Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't want the feckin' Gardai pullin' me up for drunken drivin' . ’ |
| 2 | Ideas exist in our own minds and we need to master the skilled techniques for bringing them forward for evaluation and application to our problems . |
| 3 | Yeah but was he bringing them out for other people as well ? |
| 4 | ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’ |
| 5 | Er I thought you did well in erm giving yourself credibility by talking about the shares , oh yes you can have two hundred and fifty pounds per month in the shares and they 've done well and I said oh yes they have done well , and I felt good that you were praising me up for being such a clever chap , and so I thought that was all , all jolly good stuff . |
| 6 | Peel carried on playing their records and booking them in for sessions , despite their high degree of success . |
| 7 | They say they 're keeping me in for observation . |
| 8 | But now I really can not justify repacking them and squirrelling them away for another 40 years . |
| 9 | Secure the wire ends by twisting them together for a short distance to prevent the turns trying to unwind themselves . |
| 10 | Now we ask er the club to supply er in between us signing them up for to do the cards to them to the consultant erm er getting there getting there to do the assignment could be five or six months . |
| 11 | Almost imperceptibly the practice began of signing them on for voyages to Britain , Europe and North America so that the numbers of Chinamen and Lascars on ships based in these areas gradually increased and with it the Chinese , Indian and half-caste population of such ports as Cardiff and Liverpool . |
| 12 | The dangers of issuing specifications , a bill of quantities ( if appropriate ) and drawings in a rush without checking them thoroughly for consistency and accuracy are that the intention underlying the contract and work described will be understood differently by the client , the engineer and the contractor |
| 13 | Leave a window or door open for a week after storing to let the fruit sweat , and then keep cool , checking them occasionally for signs of decay . |
| 14 | We have been starved of second-hand cars because nobody was trading them in for new ones , but this should change that . ’ |
| 15 | Spends his life trading paintings for a glass of wine and a fuck ; a hundred years later , some toffee-nosed clown at Sotheby 's is knocking them out for upwards of eight million . |
| 16 | He had actually taken the trouble of ruling them out for all his business contacts as well . |
| 17 | Tonight we visit a village which is so proud of it 's gardens , it 's opening them up for the public to enjoy . |
| 18 | I just worry , as usual , that I shall be mopping you up for months to come . ’ |
| 19 | No one to stop them keeping her here for as long as they wanted . |
| 20 | At her worst , on the third night , faint from lack of food , her throat parched with thirst , she had a crazy idea that the storm was singling her out for punishment , was expending its venom to get at her . |
| 21 | Soon afterwards , however , Ellcock became the ‘ nearly man ’ again , entering hospital for further surgery to remove the screws that had snapped in his back , ruling him out for the rest of the summer and , ultimately , despite encouraging practice sessions with the England A party last winter , the immediate future . |
| 22 | Ipswich were unfortunate to lose winger Jeremy English with fractured ribs , ruling him out for the remainder of the season . |
| 23 | ‘ Then I shall get a train in the opposite direction , ’ he said , thinking that there was something sad about it , especially now that she was thanking him politely for the drinks . |
| 24 | Cheap , but quite pretty , she thought , thanking him charmingly for his delightful gift . |
| 25 | We turn to God in worship , thanking him daily for all things , pleasant or not . |
| 26 | He was beginning to wonder if they were n't already softening him up for some kind of a change . |
| 27 | They clear the remaining forest by fire , opening it up for their own agriculture , or to hand over to cattle ranchers . |
| 28 | Section 5(3) provides that a person is not liable under section 2 for any damage by an animal ‘ kept on any premises or structure to a person trespassing there , if it is proved either ( a ) that the animal was not kept there for the protection of persons or property ; or ( b ) ( if the animal was kept there for the protection of persons or property ) that keeping it there for that purpose was not unreasonable . ’ |
| 29 | and banging it out for one |
| 30 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |