Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] for his [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He was in a curiously elegiac mood , moving soft on silken feet in deference to the sadness in the place , now and then touching a tree or a still-surviving piece of stone in a placating greeting , apparently apologising for his presence .
2 Bleary-eyed , I staggered back to Nevski Prospect , and there I spotted a dejected-looking husband sitting in his car outside a supermarket , obviously waiting for his wife to emerge with the shopping .
3 The point is summed up in one of Aesop 's fables : ‘ The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner . ’
4 One reason for this is summarized in the Aesopian moral : The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life , while the fox is only running for his dinner .
5 He shook his head , suddenly reaching for his drink and swallowing it in one quick gulp .
6 Somehow all these less exciting duties had had to take second place to the social events Aubrey and Madeleine were constantly arranging for his entertainment .
7 If the gritty Hugh is away opening for his country , then no doubt there is a stronger case for testing out the leadership qualities of Maynard , who has himself been the subject of some speculation concerning the furniture vans .
8 That beast is just waiting for his chance .
9 He was already reaching for his phone , jabbing an extension number .
10 Their horses were saddled and waiting , their farewells to the prior and brothers already made , and Hugh just reaching for his bridle , when Nicol came trudging sturdily in at the gatehouse , soiled and bruised and hoisting himself along on a staff he had cut for himself in the forest .
11 still talking to the referee there 's a lot of chirping going on out there , and the referee can clamp down on that very easily by just reaching for his hip pocket .
12 The events of the week-end seemed to recede , to become locked away , as if I had dreamt them ; and yet as I walked there came the strangest feeling , compounded of the early hour , the absolute solitude , and what had happened , of having entered a myth ; a knowledge of what it was like physically , moment by moment , to have been young and ancient , a Ulysses on his way to meet Circe , a Theseus on his journey to Crete , an Oedipus still searching for his destiny .
13 He 's on yes , he 's only getting a little present cos I 'm still paying for his camcorder till next month .
14 Mr Joseph Bronson ( HMS Milne ) , of Helmington Terrace , Hunwick , is still waiting for his medal but is expected to receive it within the next few weeks .
15 ‘ Unrelated , ’ the Doctor said , once more reaching for his hat .
16 Late at night , when he had drunk quantities of red wine to relax , Modi would begin to hum and sing , badly out of tune , Italian and Hebrew melodies , obviously still hankering for his home .
17 Meanwhile , a cyclist was still fighting for his life yesterday after crashing in the Yorkshire Dales .
18 A CYCLIST was still fighting for his life yesterday after crashing in the Yorkshire Dales .
19 Then , abruptly , his mouth left her , and she gazed up at him in confused distress , her body still longing for his caress .
20 O'Shaughnessy tried to chip Perks from 25 yards but failed admirably , Mardenborough twice shot wide looking for his hat trick , Gaughan twice broke through on his own but was denied by the keeper , and Ellison hit the post from an acute angle in the last minute .
21 Well at the present moment it 's about , where he is it 's about half past five , twenty to six , so he is probably waiting for his supper I should think his evening meal .
22 Poor Leopold at home was clearly pining for his son : in a touching letter he confessed that he felt sad at times , being unable to hear Wolfgang playing the piano and violin , and each time he approached his home he half expected to hear the familiar sound of his son 's fiddle .
23 60 police officers are now searching for his killer .
24 60 police officers are now searching for his killer .
25 Lt Ferris was now fighting for his life in an aircraft totally out of control and descending fast .
26 He said Bexton was now working for his brother-in-law .
27 Though remarkably free from bitterness , the sergeant had withdrawn from the company of his friends to an alarming extent , even allowing for his love of literature .
28 Nicky , however , had no intention of even looking for his brother in New York .
29 He buried his face against her throat , his mouth tormenting her with its lazy progress down towards the swell of her breasts , and she arched up , silently begging for his caress .
30 Haroun still lay there fighting for his life .
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