Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [v-ing] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I started paying for this myself two years ago — and I want to keep it a secret from him — but now I find I ca n't continue the payments . |
| 2 | We sat shaking for some minutes before regaining sufficient composure to drive on . |
| 3 | They went looking for former hotel porter Joao Gomes , 40 , after his wife Maria , 39 , was stabbed to death on Tuesday at her flat on the Elysee Estate in St Helier . |
| 4 | Mike , however , had travelled north , leaving his pregnant girlfriend with relatives in the safety of a Harare suburb as he went looking for another war . |
| 5 | It remained floating for some minutes , with lights burning at the upper windows and people shouting for help , and then finally sank . |
| 6 | He stood staring for another minute , then turned and , shutting the door silently behind him , went back to the cold bed . |
| 7 | He had his back to her and he stood waiting for another outburst , but when neither answer nor movement came to him he turned his head slowly and looked at her over his shoulder . |