Example sentences of "[v-ing] your [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you foolishly persist in pressing your claim for custody , you 'll be wasting both your time and your money . |
| 2 | We think you will be surprised at the remarkable effect this relatively modest-looking quantity of food will have in satisfying your appetite for really long periods . |
| 3 | Excellent as the tutor/student relationship may be , it has failed if the teacher , in satisfying your thirst for knowledge , has not taught you to depend on yourself . |
| 4 | As you do so , try to build up a system of classification , explaining your basis for making distinctions . |
| 5 | ‘ Aye , after a battle once you have recited your thanksgivings , or prior to a campaign , while you are girding your soul for a crusade as now , as blessedly now — many of you may yearn to kneel in your cell with saw and magnilens , with rasp and buffing wheel and carbide graver , with brush and inkhorn . |
| 6 | Finish deving your print for the remainder of your dev. time . |
| 7 | Finish deving your print for the remainder of your dev. time . |
| 8 | All I 'm doing is trading your debt for your time . ’ |
| 9 | It 's like you not painting your house for years and waiting for the glass to fall out of the windows before you start … it 's not the way to do things |
| 10 | Pick up your car in Kuala Lumpur , then take to the road , booking your hotel for the following night as you go . |
| 11 | 8/Face sketched in lightly , eyes are lowered as is the custom in San'a to be as demure as possible if not a little apprehensive and afraid at the prospect of meeting your husband for the first time on your wedding night . |
| 12 | THE chance of Ernie picking your number for the monthly Pounds 250,000 prize is 2,400 million to one . |
| 13 | You 'll have to push in , they 'll not be looking your way for food . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm not dismissing your desire for a baby but you should ask yourself why there 's such a gap in your life . |
| 15 | You checked out , or even ran away without paying your bill for all I know , in order to take the train . |
| 16 | In some American states , the idea of suing your employer for the effects of stress is a well established fact of life . |
| 17 | I 'm reporting you for idling your time for two minutes . |
| 18 | Can you eliminate some of the administration — or pass it on to the administrators — thereby releasing your time for more profitable activities ? |
| 19 | Thank you for sending your application for employment , dated October 19th . |
| 20 | The leaves are spectacularly large and green but frankly not worth doubling your mortgage for . |
| 21 | ‘ No story is worth risking your life for ! ’ |
| 22 | They will be restoring Dunblaine Castle — unless Havvie spends the lot on loose women , drink and gambling — begging your pardon for being frank , McAllister . |
| 23 | You and your husband are certainly doing your share for today 's ‘ concerns ’ so let us do something for you by making yours the Star Letter this month . |
| 24 | I am reserving your request for a copy of the tape until I hear from you , and would appreciate knowing whether you or NEC Central Lab will be going ahead with the order . |
| 25 | In that way , you can take time out of timetable for that unexpected event — the party invitation or concert or visiting speaker — without disturbing your study for survival and success . |
| 26 | They really run this hospital , and they 'll be running your life for the next few years . ’ |
| 27 | Are the finance people running your life for you ? |
| 28 | He paused for an instant before continuing , ‘ I wo n't be contesting your claim for custody . ’ |
| 29 | And if you have a very small amount of money , and a large number of erm demands on , on that budget , then the last thing you 're going to do , is to spend a lot of money reinforcing your house for an earthquake that may affect your grandchildren and not you . |
| 30 | If you remember your past too well you start blaming your present for it . |