Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [noun] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These will be related to its function i providing for the personal lifestyles of the Pelham family as well as its role as a local and national power base . |
| 2 | I ca n't have them all trooping out in their wedding finery looking for me . ’ |
| 3 | He would visit his home , making faces at the Pearson children as they hung out their bedroom windows looking for him . |
| 4 | Well to-do visitors would have taken it as their right to be given a tour of the house and gardens as they travelled the country in past centuries — today visitors from all over the world come to Blenheim — their entrance fees paying for its up-keep . |
| 5 | In such a highly discouraging environment , female students were tempted to spend their college lives looking for ‘ Mr Right ’ , who could offer them companionship during the years of study and secure a good future afterwards . |
| 6 | Tobacco company Davidoff Cigarettes is dropping its £30,000 cash backing for Major Ron 's Royal Berkshire Polo Club and supporting its rivals Cowdray Park instead . |
| 7 | Gascoigne snapped his cruciate ligaments playing for Tottenham in the 1991 FA Cup Final and was sidelined for a year . |
| 8 | And he had all these pictures of himself and his friends at university with oars crossed above them , and a coloured one of the Highlands with hairy cattle paddling in a lake , and one of his father with his dogs , and such a lovely picture of his wife — dead she was , poor soul — and another big picture of Venice with gondolas and a lot of foreigners in fancy dress , and a cartoon of Dr. Mac done by one of his friends , showing the friend lying dead , and Dr. Mac in his deerstalker hat looking for clues with his magnifying glass . |
| 9 | Now he sat in front of the painting in four modes , and flipped through his address book looking for a partner for the night . |
| 10 | For example , the service agreement will almost certainly require the director to spend all his working hours working for the business . |
| 11 | MICHAEL Jackson lay low in his hotel room preparing for his final concert in Taiwan today , while newspapers , consumer groups and politicians fumed at the superstar 's offstage shopping style . |
| 12 | Our factsheet Will Making for Homeowners gives additional information , but there is no substitute for a solicitor 's reassurance on matters such as this . |
| 13 | If you 're still not satisfied , write to your County Council asking for the matter to be referred to its Fire Services Committee . |