Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only er , only , they 're only paying for lunch for those that they have to pay for lunch . |
| 2 | Landlords not only were assessed on their directly occupied land but were constantly calling for relief for tenants , for whom increasing poor rates were setting a ceiling for rents . |
| 3 | Not only was Gannon jettisoned with professional coldness he was , at least according to the Gannon camp , somewhat lacking in payment for his part in the writing of The Smiths next single , ‘ Ask ’ . |
| 4 | At the same time the emphasis is quite naturally shifting from production for broadcast to production for use on video in the classroom . |
| 5 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 6 | I 'm just passing on gossip for what it 's worth . ’ |
| 7 | This is very important because once you start to perceive yourself in negative terms you will probably start to act in a negative way , being quarrelsome and finally looking to food for comfort . |
| 8 | The rapist was already lying in wait for the twenty eight year old woman when she arrived home last night . |
| 9 | Grandparents were observed supporting parents , the other parent usually remaining at home for work or family reasons . |
| 10 | The company is still waiting in line for US certification — as is every other database vendor . |
| 11 | The company is still waiting in line for US certification — as is every other database vendor . |
| 12 | Among his sacred possessions were an enormous club which could raise the slain to life again ; a magic harp whose music made its listeners forget sorrow ; an inexhaustible cauldron from which no-one is turned away hungry ; and two marvellous sheep — one eternally roasting , the other forever feeding in readiness for slaughter . |
| 13 | HOSPICE staff are still appealing for furniture for their newly opened office at Harewood House , Harewood Hill , Darlington . |
| 14 | I am soaked , cold and not a little lacking in enthusiasm for the next try . |
| 15 | You 're also looking for value for money . |
| 16 | She is also lobbying for relief for nurseries from the uniform business rate , in the same way as educational establishments ; she wants them to be zero-rated for VAT purposes and provided with loans for safety improvements and training . |
| 17 | There were so many human stories , retold movingly by Uncle Fred as he came home in the evening after searching for employment for another batch of DPs . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ I want you to know you are both going to prison for a very long time . ’ |
| 19 | Coniferous forests , often hunting by day for mammals as large as squirrels and lemmings . |
| 20 | Forests , coniferous , deciduous and mixed , sometimes in villages and large cities , often hunting by day for mammals up to the size of a red squirrel and birds up to the size of a Hazelhen. 24 in. ( 61 cm . ) . |
| 21 | ‘ It was n't funny at the time , of course , because young people were really getting into trouble for being too westernised ’ , she told me . |
| 22 | Your mum 's fairly bursting with pride for you too , you know . ’ |
| 23 | Let's face it , all of us are romantic at heart , and even more so when we 're young , possibly even falling in love for the very first time . |
| 24 | The Tannoy announces the opening of the buffet , and up we get , not stopping for an instant to reflect that even standing in line for seven hours outside Moscow 's GUM department store in pursuit of half a mouldy cabbage would be a more profitable venture than a futile pilgrimage to a British Rail catering outlet . |
| 25 | Mostly she quizzed me about the burglars and I said they 'd tried to get in through the bathroom window and one of them had put a foot through it , probably coming from the roof next door , and I generally made out that there was a whole gang of footpads up there lying in wait for Santa Claus . |
| 26 | He spent his first summer from Cambridge in leisurely visits to his family , staying first with his brother Edward in Salisbury then travelling to Ottery for one of the few lengthy returns he had made since childhood . |
| 27 | I have been actively looking for evidence for 12 years , ’ Tom said . |
| 28 | But women have been actively asking for ordination for more than sixty years and their patience is running out . |