Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Bowers , an agricultural economist at Leeds University , estimates that they will have to pay double the true ‘ conservation value ’ to protect sites — the rest goes on compensating for lost grants and agricultural subsidies of various kinds . |
| 2 | Even if all goes well and recovery gets underway this year , unemployment is likely to go on rising for another year at least . |
| 3 | Even if all goes well and recovery gets underway this year , unemployment is likely to go on rising for another year at least . |
| 4 | Charlie Francis is guilty of a sporting crime — of that I am sure — but what about the guilt of those in high officialdom who have allowed the situation to go on growing for 20 years without trying to stop it ? |
| 5 | Orrell 's basic requirement is to go on winning for three more games because if they do not , either Northampton or Bath , each with a match to play after today , will nip in for the prize , just as Wasps did on the final day of the 1990 league season . |
| 6 | I Branches without women rivals now sided with Glasgow in demanding a campaign to exclude women for good , while branches such as Edinburgh , who had to contend with the problem , tried to go on arguing for some form of recognition of women workers . |
| 7 | The money will also be used to provide better signposting for existing access points to the towpath . |
| 8 | Living proof of this point are tonight 's audience , who have come here hoping for some of the screaming industrial hardcore MBM used to play , but nevertheless 90 per cent of them would do their unintentionally amusing Maori rugby player dance to a series of sampled farts if they thought they should . |
| 9 | The only exception to the ban will be linseed — which farmers can carry on burning for another three years because its fibrous stalks are difficult to plough in . |
| 10 | It is realized that some teachers have had to temporarily give up teaching for various reasons and the longer one is out of teaching the harder it is to build up confidence to teach again . |
| 11 | Santerre has proved to be a most loyal subject of the King but Hopkins served him as a chaplain and Buckingham came here looking for those relics . ’ |
| 12 | Quite strange but as soon as he 's paid for for the goods and got the goods the chap 's going to go off looking for another . |
| 13 | Yes , well there is another man and she 's told Paul frankly she 's lapping up the attention , he 's taking her out for meals and their having a good time together you know , why its great , but as soon as he 's paid for , for the goods and got , got the goods , the chaps going to go off looking for another . |
| 14 | The West had shown little liking for this . |
| 15 | Now — are you going on looking for more ? ’ |
| 16 | Then he turned up playing for Real Madrid . |
| 17 | A sadness that could make her give up acting for good . |
| 18 | The important decision is never to give up working for each other 's benefit . |
| 19 | She smiled a faint smile for the people who hung around waiting for more drama . |
| 20 | When we were six to two on evening patrol , to be truthful , we used to go out looking for drunk and disorderlies — just to stop the bloody boredom . |
| 21 | All of these things encouraged the movie moguls to put their faith back into entertainment , to make good movies , and to go out looking for new and bigger audiences . |
| 22 | ‘ Providing I stay fit I will get the record because I plan to keep on playing for some time yet . |
| 23 | ‘ He 's now made a brave decision in many respects , because he 's been brought up playing for one club in one way . |
| 24 | A good compound would not have the unwanted actions of adrenaline on the heart and blood pressure , and would go on acting for longer . |
| 25 | But he admitted : ‘ I believe that unemployment will go on rising for some time yet , but what is certain is that the measures I have taken will assist the employment situation . ’ |
| 26 | This seems to indicate a deep , free , and intensive time of prayer , when the Spirit takes over and controls and leads the prayers , and one can go on praying for several hours without being aware of the passage of time . |
| 27 | What 's more , he 'll go on improving for some time because he was a late starter at 24 and he is still developing . ’ |
| 28 | They may go on appearing for twenty-four hours until eventually he has given birth to a thousand or more babies . |
| 29 | ‘ Why do you go on working for such a firm ? ’ |
| 30 | The first lady nodded and went on nodding for several seconds in quiet contemplation before putting two further questions to him concerning European regional incentives , Government grants and subsidies and their cost distorting influence on investment location decisions . |