Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 2 | And remember , any document you sign abroad is as legally binding for you as if you signed it at home . |
| 3 | Christien knows Tony and Tracey and mum Sheila will be rooting for him on Monday night when the series starts . |
| 4 | And catering for everything from carrot juice to champagne , open sandwiches to a 5 course meal . |
| 5 | ‘ Shee-it , ’ I said , and felt guilty that I was leaving the island without sharing the chicken dinner that Sarah Straker was doubtless cooking for me at that very moment . |
| 6 | If you are having difficulty cooking for everyone in the family , try Roseyne Masselin 's recipes ( see p.70 ) ; they are also Mediterranean in style and perfect for today 's lifestyle . |
| 7 | Zach told her his age , which was nine , and spelt out his name , apologizing for it at the same time . |
| 8 | Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born-again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice . |
| 9 | I thought er that God wanted me to be a doctor and I did n't have a place to go to , I took my A levels having had five chances of places to be a doctor and everybody saying no , we do n't want you and erm I had everybody praying for me at church and quite miraculously at the end of the August , when I should start in the September , I had a phone call at half past ten at night from a surgeon at the London Hospital asking me to go for an interview the next day . |
| 10 | The figure of Mercy points to the nature of the redemptive process : Later still , Julian of Norwich , whose mystical experience arose out of meditation on the Passion , defined her sense of a dynamic power of divine love working to process the effects of sin as the work of Christ : " and there is in him bleding and praying for us to the Father — and is and shall be as long as it nedith " . |
| 11 | Liam complained that he had plenty to do with the new shop opening for him to be running around after doctors — ‘ just because a couple of kiddies are sick ’ . |
| 12 | Do n't worry , I 've told the solicitors that are appearing for us on the sixteenth of July that that 's the situation , that the have not joined in all of the partners |
| 13 | Croydon-born Ted Harding had played for the Palace first team as early as October 1942 and he became the longest-playing survivor of our 1946–47 Football League side , for he was still appearing for us in April 1953 . |
| 14 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 15 | The four nations have also announced a ban on herring-fishing , claiming that the species is dangerously over-harvested , and are pressing for it to be registered under Appendix I of CITES ( which bans all exploitation ) . |
| 16 | I was retiring and he was coming through at eighteen , nineteen , and erm twelve years later , he 's now driving for me in Grand Prix racing . |
| 17 | You never say , I 'm depressed , and they 're never really listening for you to actually say how you really are . |
| 18 | ‘ Sir , surely you do not expect Dinah to spend all her days as a spinster , living for nothing but the stage ? |
| 19 | If my father ca n't provide a decent standard of living for me on his present salary , then he will just have to start looking for another job . |
| 20 | Whether you 're saving for something in particular or a rainy day , just put your money in and it will start working for your straightaway . |
| 21 | From small beginnings the Credit Union has grown and flourished and offers advice and a means of saving for anyone in the parish . |
| 22 | At the same time , I was refusing for her to be brought to the prison because although I wanted to see her more than anything , I was damn sure she was n't going to come to prison and see me . |
| 23 | It appears that , following her leaving Ontario , the lawyers who had been acting for her in Ontario were removed from the record . |
| 24 | The fourth matter upon which the appellants rely , and this is a matter of considerable importance , is that they claim to have been misled by the solicitor who was acting for them during the course of 1991 and particularly in respect of these committal proceedings . |
| 25 | It seems that they can be market counterparties even if the firm acts only as their agent and , indeed , even if the firm is acting for them on a discretionary basis . |
| 26 | Choate shows up the hypocrisy of former Administration members who oppose the Japanese publicly but take large fees for acting for them behind the scenes . |
| 27 | He was retained by the king as one of his serjeants between 1287 and 1293 and is to be found acting for him in the 1287 Gloucestershire eyre and in the northern circuit eyres of 1292–3 as well as in the Common Bench and in the Exchequer . |
| 28 | There are also occasions when it is fitting for everything in a service to be either purist and ‘ traditional ’ or ‘ modern ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ Let me do that for you , ’ he said , for it did not seem fitting for her to be pouring out drinks . |
| 30 | It would seem fitting for it to be converted and put to some useful purpose , retaining what remains of its equipment , before the deterioration becomes too great . |