Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the States it would be preferable to do a set number of smaller theatre-type places , rather than slogging round for ever as a support band . |
| 2 | Hence , although this project will document both what employers do now on training and plan to do over the medium-term future , the inquiry has an intent which is ‘ educative ’ rather than aiming merely for either purely ‘ descriptive ’ or ‘ prescriptive ’ results . |
| 3 | The couple she had met as the Corduroys , Ken and Louise , were holding plates and looking round for somewhere to sit . |
| 4 | The ascent was arduous and prolonged , twisting and turning upwards for more than twelve kilometres to the pass , almost a thousand metres high . |
| 5 | After circling and playing together for probably a minute , the fins had lazily disappeared and Yanto had gone home a mystified man . |